Human activity found to literally move mountains

Human activity found to literally move mountains

From a distance, the Matterhorn looks fixed in place, a giant wedge of rock planted above Zermatt and unchanged by time. It is not. New measurements show that the famous Alpine peak is in constant motion, rocking back and forth in a slow, nearly imperceptible rhythm driven by seismic energy moving through the Earth. An international research team found that the mountain vibrates roughly once every two seconds, with motion so slight that people c…