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Yale Environment 360: The glaciers on Mount Everest and the surrounding region have shrunk by 13 percent in the last five decades as temperatures have risen and snowfall has declined in that section of the Himalaya, according to a new study. Using satellite imagery and topographic maps, a team of scientists found that the majority of glaciers on Everest, the world’s tallest mountain, and in the surrounding Sagarmatha National Park are retreating at an accelerating rate. In the last 50 years, the snowline in the Everest......
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Glaciers on Everest Disappearing as Temperatures Rise, Snowfall Declines
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 15th, 2013
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