Last year someone proposed a new name for the Sutter Buttes last year, raising quite the response from those who live in the foreground of “the world’s smallest mountain range.” The outcome of that ...

Earth’s surface is made up of different sections called tectonic plates. Most mountains are fold mountains, which means they’re created when two tectonic plates collide, and they force the ...

The model above uses cardboard boxes and towels to show how fold mountains are created by the collision of tectonic plates. The weather in the Alps is affected by different temperatures of air ...

Explore the fascinating process of mountain formation and learn how tectonic forces shape our planet's landscapes.

Somewhere between 250 and 330 million years ago, a big tectonic boom closed the Agulhas Sea, compressing thick sedimentary deposits until they folded and thrust and formed a remarkable mountain range, ...