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Mount Everest is having a growth spurt -- and it's because of its rivers

Mount Everest is growing, which is no surprise. But it's growing faster than it should.

Melting glaciers are forcing Nepal to shift the Everest base camp

The base camp used by thousands of people every year, lies on a melting glacier and is no longer considered a safe location.

These Nepalese climbers spent 47 days cleaning 2.2 tons of trash from Himalaya's tallest peaks

Not even the world's tallest mountains are spared by our pollution.

Ice in glaciers on Mount Everest is warmer than expected -- or "hoped" for

"Warm" ice is a problem.

Climbing Mount Everest just got a lot harder after the famous Hillary Step collapsed

It's the end of a mountaineering era.

Everest glaciers might be gone thanks to global warming, new study concludes

A new study shows once again that no place on Earth is safe from the effects of climate change. Even in the heights of the Himalaya Mountains, glaciers aren't safe; there's a good chance that 99% of the glaciers around the Everest area will melt by 2100.

Mount Everest gets 3G coverage

The world’s highest third generation (3G) mobile network meets the world’s highest mountain, in what is a historic setting of a service station. Ncell, a mobile phone and internet operator in Nepal set the station at an altitude of 5200 meters above sea level, near the village of Gorakshep. “The speed of the 3G services […]

Everest clean up team goes up again

Everest is known as many things; first of all it’s the highest point in Asia, and in the world. It’s perhaps the peak over 8000 meters that most people try to climb (due to obvious reasons); but it also kills. Despite not being the most dangerous peak on the face of the earth, it has […]

The continents and their highest points

There's a great deal of geographical variation on Earth. H

The 5 tallest mountains on Earth

A rundown of the five tallest mountains in the world.