Mt Everest to have major loss of glaciers this century

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he Washington Post tells readers that the iconic Mount Everest could see a major loss of its glaciers over the course of this century.

Temperature changes impacting
 Mt Everest faster than anticipated.

Its story is based on a new scientific study that its chief author calls the “the first detailed modelling study of all glaciers in the Dudh Koshi basin in the Everest region of Nepal.”

The paper, published Wednesday in the journal The Cryosphere, was authored by glacier researcher Joseph Shea of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development in Kathmandu, Nepal, and several colleagues from France and the Netherlands.

“The biggest result here is that the glaciers in the basin, we find them to be more sensitive to temperature than anyone expected before,” says Shea.

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