What Limits a Mountain’s Height: A New Theory A new study published earlier this month suggests convergent plate boundaries are the sole contributor to a mountain’s height. It was previously believed that these convergent plate boundaries pushed up the crust as one plate was subducted beneath the other (this is still true). After the mountain was formed it then started to weather and erode becoming shorter as it […] Brains Alex Camerino | June 25, 2020 0 Comments
Lake Oroville Dam: Safe For Now, But Murky Future The threat of imminent disaster has subsided at the Lake Oroville Dam, but forecasted heavy rain and snow this week, the distinct possibility of more rain and snow in coming months, and the certainty of massive amounts of snowmelt make this an issue that has only temporarily been resolved. After helicopters filled in the eroded craters with rocks, the dam’s spillways have been […] Sergei Poljak | February 15, 2017 0 Comments
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