Even the world's tallest mountain is not safe from climate change.
Even the glaciers on Mount Everest are not safe from climate change , new research suggests.
In a record-setting study, a team of scientists scaled the world's highest peak to monitor the mountain's highest-altitude glacier — the South Col Glacier, standing nearly 26,000 feet above sea level — for signs of climate-related ice loss. After installing the two highest weather stations on Earth and collecting the world's highest ice core from the glacier, the team found…
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