If you’re keeping tabs on how tall Mount Everest is, make sure to refresh the page you had open from the last time you checked. Due to tectonic pressure, weathering, and earthquakes (especially a… Science News Summaries.
(Newser) – If you’re keeping tabs on how tall Mount Everest is, make sure to refresh the page you had open from the last time you checked. Due to tectonic pressure, weathering, and earthquakes (especially a major 2015 temblor), among other factors, the world’s highest mountain is constantly experiencing a slight shift up or down in height. But on Tuesday, Nepal and China, which flank Everest on either side, jointly announced they’d come to a rare agreement on how tall Everest is, presenting the number the Nepal Times says has been guarded “as if it was a military secret”: 29,032 feet, or 8,848.
