Mountains as biodiversity engines: How uplift may shape species evolution
A new study co-authored by researchers at Indiana University sheds light on how the forces that shape mountain ranges also ...
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What Is the Highest Point in Chicago?
As everybody knows, the highest point on which a person can stand in Chicago is Willis Tower’s Skydeck, which, at 1,353 feet ...
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How masculinity shapes climbers on the world's highest peaks
Specifically, I look at the writings of alpinists like Reinhold Messner and the actions of Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Renan Ozturk to show how the high peaks have become a traumatic proving ...
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5 Interesting Facts About Carstensz Pyramid, Indonesia's Highest Peak
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta-Carstensz Pyramid, or Puncak Jaya, in the Jayawijaya Mountains, Papua, is one of Indonesia's Seven Summits, referring to the seven highest mountains in the country. Standing at 4,884 ...
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The Case for Partition in Western Sahara
Since 1991, the United Nations has led a series of fruitless efforts to resolve the standoff over Western Sahara. A swath of desert about the size of the entire United Kingdom, Western Sahara is ...
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Impressive 100+ Inches of Snow Measured on Vermont's Tallest Peak
As of March 2, 2025, Mount Mansfield, the tallest mountain in Vermont ... While 100 inches might not seem like a ton in comparison to mountains out west, Mount Mansfield's snow stake data reflects ...
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Steam hits new 40 million peak thanks to Monster Hunter Wilds
The game, which launched on Friday, hit a concurrent player peak of 1,384,608 over the weekend on Steam. That is the fifth highest player peak on the platform ever, only behind PUBG: Battlegrounds ...
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Impressive 100+ Inches of Snow Measured on Vermont's Tallest Peak
As of March 2, 2025, Mount Mansfield, the tallest mountain in Vermont ... While 100 inches might not seem like a ton in comparison to mountains out west, Mount Mansfield's snow stake data reflects ...
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Critical vote in Western Hemisphere’s regional body could open door to China’s influence
The March election of a new secretary-general is important to the future of the Western Hemisphere, writes Daniel Batlle.(Marta Escurra / AP) Leaders in the Western Hemisphere face difficult ...
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Double-amputee mountaineer and Kent Gurkha veteran climbs tallest mountain in southern hemisphere
A Gurkha veteran who lost both legs serving in Afghanistan has set a new record becoming the first double above-knee amputee to reach the summit of the highest peak outside of Asia ... and the highest ...
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World's Tallest Roller Coaster Kingda Ka Destroyed with Explosion at Six Flags: Watch the Dramatic Collapse
Jeremy Thompson/Flickr/Creative Commons An aerial video captured by Fox29 Philadelphia shows several explosions go off at the base of the coaster's tallest peak and then the steel structure slowly ...