Mount Everest is getting taller every year – and now scientists think they know why
4 months ago

Mount Everest is getting taller every year – and now scientists think they know why

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists may finally have an explanation for why Mount Everest is so much taller than the other great Himalayan peaks – and still growing. open image in gallery Mount Everest and the Arun River The process is not fast, with scientists estimating that Everest has grown by between 15 and 50 metres in the past 89,000 years. In Everest’s case, this process appears to have sped up over the last 89,000 years since the nearby Arun River merged with the adjacent Kosi. open image in gallery The catchment area of the nearby Bhote Koshi River in the region between Nepal and China The Arun River currently runs to the east of Mount Everest, and merges downstream with the larger Kosi river system.

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Peak form
5 months, 1 week ago

Peak form

Times of India  

A former associate editor with the Times of India, Jug Suraiya writes two regular columns for the print edition, Jugular Vein, which appears every Friday, and Second Opinion, which appears on Wednesdays. MORE The world’s highest mountain is growing faster because of geology, or another g-factor Like a gawky adolescent who overnight adds inches in height, is Mount Everest, at …

Nepali becomes youngest to climb world's 8,000 m peaks
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Nepali becomes youngest to climb world's 8,000 m peaks

The Hindu  

An 18-year-old Nepali mountaineer on Wednesday broke the record for the youngest person to summit all 14 of the world's 8,000-metre peaks, his team said. Nima Rinji Sherpa reached the summit of Tibet's 8,027-metre-high Shisha Pangma on Wednesday morning, completing his mission to stand on the world's highest peaks. 'Proud moment' Nima Rinji Sherpa, who already holds multiple records from …

Mount Everest is getting TALLER by the day: World's highest mountain has grown by up to 164ft over the past 89,000 years - and there's an unusual reason why
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Mount Everest is getting TALLER by the day: World's highest mountain has grown by up to 164ft over the past 89,000 years - and there's an unusual reason why

Daily Mail  

At 8,849 metres, reaching the peak of Mount Everest has long been considered one of mountaineering's greatest challenges. As erosion makes the mountain lighter, it is pushed upwards by the liquid mantle At 8,848 meters Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world but researchers now say it is growing even taller by 2mm per year Generally, the biggest …

And you thought Mount Everest was big! Incredible interactive map reveals the tallest mountains in the Solar System - with the peaks on Earth dwarfed in comparison to those on other worlds
7 months, 2 weeks ago

And you thought Mount Everest was big! Incredible interactive map reveals the tallest mountains in the Solar System - with the peaks on Earth dwarfed in comparison to those on other worlds

Daily Mail  

Since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first conquered Everest in 1953, the mountain has been the ultimate challenge for any climber. But as the prospect of humanity spreading throughout the solar system becomes more real, the mountaineers of the future might face an even more daunting challenge. This incredible interactive map reveals the tallest mountains in the solar system - …

How tall will Mount Everest get before it stops growing?
2 years, 11 months ago

How tall will Mount Everest get before it stops growing?

BBC  

How tall will Mount Everest get before it stops growing? Alamy Mount Everest is steadily growing taller at around 4mm per year while the forces of erosion wear away it Arching over 8,849 metres into the sky, Everest is the world’s tallest mountain. "GPR uses radar pulses to image below the surface, so it can tell us the thickness and …

Mount Everest's Joint Measurement Marks New Milestone in Ties with Nepal: China
4 years, 3 months ago

Mount Everest's Joint Measurement Marks New Milestone in Ties with Nepal: China

News 18  

China on Wednesday termed its joint efforts with Nepal to measure Mount Everest's height as a new milestone for the burgeoning friendship between the two countries, with its official media saying it is a crucial step towards solving few remaining bilateral disputes. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian, during a media briefing here, said that the new height of Mt …

EXPLAINER: Why did Mount Everest's height change?
4 years, 3 months ago

EXPLAINER: Why did Mount Everest's height change?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The countervailing forces may help maintain a degree of …

Why did Mount Everest’s height change?
4 years, 3 months ago

Why did Mount Everest’s height change?

Al Jazeera  

Here is why China and Nepal agree on a new standard height for Mount Everest. China and Nepal agreed this week on a new standard height for Mount Everest, the rugged Himalayan peak that straddles their border. The countervailing forces may help maintain a degree of stability over time, said Dang Yamin, a member of a Chinese team that surveyed …

Mount Everest ‘grows by nearly a metre’ as China and Nepal agree on new height
4 years, 3 months ago

Mount Everest ‘grows by nearly a metre’ as China and Nepal agree on new height

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mount Everest, the world’s highest …

Nepal to announce new height of Mt Everest soon
4 years, 4 months ago

Nepal to announce new height of Mt Everest soon

India TV News  

Nepal is going to announce the new height of Mt Everest, the world's tallest peak, very soon. A Cabinet meeting on Wednesday evening gave nod to Nepal's Ministry of Land Management to announce the height of Everest and according to some media reports, as the peak has appeared taller than it was but no official confirmation yet. Nepal had started …

Nepal wants to remeasure Everest's height, sends team
5 years, 11 months ago

Nepal wants to remeasure Everest's height, sends team

India TV News  

An expedition team, assigned to remeasure the height of the world's tallest mountain peak, left for Mount Everest on Wednesday. "It will be the authentic data regarding the height of the tallest peak once you come up with the report," Oli told the team members at the Prime Minister's Office here. According to the department, four government officials -- Khimlal …

China differs with Nepal on Mount Everest’s height, says the peak is 8844.43 metres, not 8,848 metres, tall.
7 years, 1 month ago

China differs with Nepal on Mount Everest’s height, says the peak is 8844.43 metres, not 8,848 metres, tall.

The Hindu  

China continues to differ with Nepal over the height of Mount Everest and sticks to its own calculation of the world’s highest peak which is four meters less than the Kathmandu’s measurement, a media report said today. The Chinese official media has contradicted the recent The New York Times report that China had recognised the mountain’s height as 8,848 meters, …

Getting hot, hot, hot: Mount Everest getting warmer, glaciers shrinking, says research
9 years, 3 months ago

Getting hot, hot, hot: Mount Everest getting warmer, glaciers shrinking, says research

Firstpost  

Mount Everest is getting warmer for the past 50 years with the glaciers around the world’s highest peak shrinking “remarkably”, according to a Chinese research. Beijing: Mount Everest is getting warmer for the past 50 years with the glaciers around the world’s highest peak shrinking “remarkably”, according to a Chinese research. The glaciers in 8,844-metre-high Mt Everest, known as Mt …

Mount Everest moved 3 cm but height not affected by Nepal quakes
9 years, 9 months ago

Mount Everest moved 3 cm but height not affected by Nepal quakes

Firstpost  

Mt Everest moved three cms during the recent devastating earthquakes in Nepal but contrary to earlier reports the height of world’s tallest mountain has not been affected, Chinese official monitoring agency said on Monday. Beijing: Mt Everest moved three cms during the recent devastating earthquakes in Nepal but contrary to earlier reports the height of world’s tallest mountain has not …

Arunachal woman scales Everest for third time
11 years, 10 months ago

Arunachal woman scales Everest for third time

The Hindu  

Anshu Jamshenpa of Arunachal Pradesh, who holds the record of being the only mother in the world to have scaled the Mount Everest twice in 10 days, scaled the peak again on Saturday for the third time. Among the six were Tarun Saikia of Assam, David Zohmangaiha of Mizoram and Ms. Wangsuk Myrthong of Meghalaya, who became the first mountaineers …

Himalayas: Water towers of Asia
12 years, 2 months ago

Himalayas: Water towers of Asia

BBC  

Himalayas: Water towers of Asia Himalayas: Water towers of Asia The Himalayas are the greatest mountain range on Earth. Their name translates from Sanskrit as “abode of the snow”, a name that seems appropriate for the largest body of snow and the highest concentration of glaciers outside of the polar regions. Their giant size influences weather patterns throughout the region, …

Everest not as tall as thought › News in Science (ABC Science)
19 years, 5 months ago

Everest not as tall as thought › News in Science (ABC Science)

ABC  

News in Science Everest not as tall as thought Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, is some four metres shorter than previously thought, a new Chinese survey reveals. The new height is 3.7 metres shorter than China's previous measurement of Mount Everest, or Mount Qomolangma as it is known to locals, of 8848.13 metres. Chen says the Qomolangma region is …

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