Mount Everest's highest glacier melting rapidly

Feb 05, 2022 AlShorts Web Desk

Climate change is causing the highest glacier on Mount Everest to melt at a rapid pace. Researchers led by the University of Maine found that the South Col Glacier has lost more than 180ft of thickness in the last 25 years. The glacier, which sits around 7,906m above sea level, is thinning 80 times faster than it first took the ice to form on the surface.