Everest's Highest Glacier Lost 2,000 Years of Ice in Just 25 Years, Says New Study
The climate crisis enveloping Earth impacts the lowest depths of the sea and the most remote parts of the planet. And new research shows that it's also causing change at the highest points of the world.
Scientists studying South Col – Mount Everest's highest glacier – have reported that rapid ice loss is occurring as global temperatures rise, with ice further exposed and vulnerable due to the thinning snowpack cover.
That will make scaling Mount Everest more challenging due to the exposed bedrock. More worrying is the potential impact on the people who rely on these glaciers to supply water for drinking and agriculture. Increased risk of avalanches is another concern.
"Climate predictions for the Himalaya suggest continued warming and continued glacier mass loss, and even the top of the Everest is impacted by anthropogenic source warming," says glaciochemist and the study's first author Mariusz Potocki from the University of Maine.
https://www.sciencealert.com/study-shows-the-climate-crisis-changing-the-highest-heights-around-mount-everest
