Archive for March 19th, 2016

How Mount Kosciuszko came to exist

Geologists from the University of Sydney and the California Institute of Technology have solved the mystery of how Australia’s highest mountain — Mount Kosciuszko — and surrounding Alps came to exist. Most of the world’s mountain belts are the result of two continents colliding (e.g. the Himalayas) or volcanism. The mountains of Australia’s Eastern highlands […]