Rapid Sierra Nevada uplift tracked by scientists
Thursday, May 3, 2012 - 16:10
in Earth & Climate
From the highest peak in the continental United States, Mt. Whitney at 14,000 feet in elevation, to the 10,000-foot-peaks near Lake Tahoe, scientific evidence shows the entire Sierra Nevada mountain range is rising at the relatively fast rate of 1 to 2 millimeters every year.