Everest glacier

भारतीय हिमालय क्षेत्र में जलवायु परिवर्तन का प्रभाव वर्तमान की गंभीर चुनौती बन गया है। हिमालय जलवायु, पारिस्थितिकी तंत्र, आजीविका और जल स्रोतों के लिए महत्वपूर्ण है।

Glaciers lost 6.5 trillion tons of ice since 2000, raising sea levels by 18mm. Experts stress that climate change is driving this rapid loss, with Alaska and the Alps among the worst affected. Urgent action is needed to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

Mount Everest's growth, about 2 mm/year, is driven by isostatic rebound from the Arun River's erosion. This surprising force also impacts neighbouring peaks like Lhotse and Makalu.

Every year, more than 450 climbers from around the world get permits from the Nepal government to climb Mt. Everest, and this number is constantly growing.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has issued a stark warning about the impacts of climate change, revealing that Nepal’s snow-capped mountains have lost nearly one-third of their ice over the past three decades.

Seventy years have passed since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay accomplished the remarkable feat of reaching the summit of Mount Everest

It is not new that glaciers around the world are losing mass, but until now little was known about what is happening to ice above 5,000 meters.