Paleostress modeling shows how a region of the Andean Plateau was uplifted and formed beginning more than 20 million years ago.

The Japanese University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory (TAO), positioned atop Chile’s Cerro Chajnantor mountain ... Situated in the Chilean Andes, TAO benefits from the region’s sparse ...

This is how the mountains of the Himalayas in Asia were formed. The Andes are the world's longest mountain range. This causes lava to erupt out of the gap that is left. As it cools down ...

A new study found that Andean tropical glaciers have reached their lowest levels in 11,700 years, with drastic consequences for the Amazon due to the overlap of the two ecosystems. The findings ...