These Nepalese climbers spent 47 days cleaning 2.2 tons of trash from Himalaya’s tallest peaks
Not even the world's tallest mountains are spared by our pollution.
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Ice in glaciers on Mount Everest is warmer than expected — or “hoped” for
"Warm" ice is a problem.
Climbing Mount Everest just got a lot harder after the famous Hillary Step collapsed
It's the end of a mountaineering era.
Everest glaciers might be gone thanks to global warming, new study concludes
A new study shows once again that no place on Earth is safe from the effects of climate change. Even ...
Shorties: Asteroid has mountain three times bigger than Everest
A giant mountain, three times taller than Earth's highest peak marks the southern polar regions of Vesta, a relatively well ...
Mount Everest gets 3G coverage
The world's highest third generation (3G) mobile network meets the world's highest mountain, in what is a historic setting of ...
Everest clean up team goes up again
Everest is known as many things; first of all it's the highest point in Asia, and in the world. It's ...
The continents and their highest points
Continents are the large landmasses on Earth, delimitated by convention rather than geographical properties. Here we will refer to elevation ...
The 5 tallest mountains on Earth
A rundown of the five tallest mountains in the world.