Everest’s highest glacier has lost 2,000 years of ice in 30 years

The surprising finding that Earth’s highest ice may be gone in decades is “a real wake-up call.” Climate change has arrived decisively at the roof of the world on Mount Everest: The highest glacier on the highest mountain on Earth is losing decades worth of ice every year, according to a new study by researchers who extracted an ice core from the glacier.

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