Monday, February 17, 2025

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Kunda Dixit

Kunda Dixit is the publisher and chief editor of the Nepali Times in Kathmandu, Nepal.

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On thin ice in the Khumbu: Global warming is melting our mountains like ice cream cones

The ice here has receded at an average of 30m/y in the past 20 years, but it has also shrunk vertically, losing up to 50m in thickness. Everest Base Camp was at 5,330m when Hillary and Tenzing climbed Mt Everest in 1953, today it is at 5,270m.
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