Why Mount Everest keeps changing its height

Posted by jelliclesfarm on Thursday December 10, 2020 @08:22AM
from the nationalgeographic.com dept.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/earth/why-mount-everest-can-grow-and-shrink-plate-tectonics/

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Re:Why Mount Everest keeps changing its height by LillianHanna on Thursday December 10, 2020 @08:30AM (#25373468)

Mount Everest's changing height says that the highest mountain in the world rose from a tectonic collision that continues to influence its height today.

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