October 24, 2003



They Sure Grow 'em Tall Down There

If the climate is right, you can grow your mountains taller.

Scientists have long recognized that the emergence of a large mountain range can produce climate change. New work indicates that the converse is also true. In a report published today in the journal Nature, researchers propose that chilly waters and dry weather helped push the Andes skyward.

Who would have guessed it?

Posted by Phil at October 24, 2003 09:57 AM | TrackBack
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Come on. Mountains getting pushed up merely because the plate boundary is "less lubricated"? Don't we have to show evidence of a few things first?

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