The Kosi River Causes Significant Uplift At Mount Everest Each Year
The persistent process of erosion is powerful enough to cause the world’s most intimidating mountain range to rise slowly up ...
Scientifically Speaking | Unlocking the mysteries of high-altitude survival
The Sherpas’ resistance to altitude sickness is rooted in evolution, from a mutation in the EPAS1 gene to their body's ...
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Geologists Reveal a Surprising Reason Why Mount Everest Grows Taller Each Year
Earth's highest peak has gained as much as an extra 165 feet in elevation as the planet's crust adjusts due to erosion from a ...
Why Mount Everest Is Growing Taller Every Year
Scientists explain what gave Everest its height advantage over its neighbors and contributes to making it grow taller (by ...
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Everest Is A Freak Among The Himalayas, And Now We Know Why
“Mount Everest is a remarkable mountain of myth and legend and it’s still growing,” said study author Adam Smith in a ...
Mount Everest is taller than it should be — and a weird river may be to blame
According to a new study, a river roughly 46 miles (75 kilometers) from Everest was "captured" by another around 89,000 years ...
Why Everest, the world's tallest mountain, is growing even taller
The world’s tallest peak is still growing, scientists say, thanks in part to the merger of two nearby river systems tens of ...
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New crypto-state emerges in the Himalayas: Bhutan has twice as many bitcoins as El Salvador
Bhutan is hoarding bitcoins as abundant and cheap electricity turn this remote and peaceful Buddhist corner of South Asia ...
River ‘piracy’ gave towering Everest a growth spurt, scientists say
The Kosi River in the Himalayas once captured part of a tributary: the Arun River. It set off a chain of geological events ...
Nature’s growth spurt: How mountains like Everest are reaching new heights
Mount Everest is having a growth spurt, but it’s not the only mountain getting taller. The Rocky Mountain ranges we call home ...
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Microplastics: Emerging Threat to the Pristine Himalayas
The majestic Himalayas, often revered as the “Third Pole,” are under a new threat—microplastics. These tiny plastic particles ...
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Mt. Everest growth spurt
Mountains are in constant motion. That includes the world’s tallest peak, Mt. Everest, in the Himalayas. It’s added an extra 160 feet in the past 89,000 years, according to a new study. Adam Smith, a ...