https://www.europesays.com/2112873/ ‘Disrespectful to Everest’: Nepal vows to protect Himalayas from overcrowding and climate change #Climate #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Himalayas #MountEverest #MountainClimbing #WasteDisposal

Bergführer bricht eigenen Rekord: Zum 31. Mal auf dem Mount Everest

Er ist der "Everest Man" und war bereits Rekordhalter, wenn es um die Besteigung des höchsten Berges der Welt geht. Jetzt hat er seinen eigenen Rekord gebrochen: Kami Rita Sherpa war zum 31. Mal auf dem Mount Everest.

https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/everest-bergsteigen-sherpa-rekord-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

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Atmospheric mercury levels plummet as global efforts curb toxic emissions https://phys.org/news/2025-05-atmospheric-mercury-plummet-global-efforts.html paper: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsestair.4c00296

"atmospheric mercury levels have decreased by almost 70% in the last 20 years, mainly because human-caused #emissions have been reduced... To look back in time, the researchers turned to the leaves of a tiny, low-to-the-ground perennial plant Androsace tapete growing at high elevations on #MountEverest."

Fifty years ago, Junko Tabei made history as the first woman to reach the top of Mount Everest. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/03/japan/history/junko-tabei-toyooka-quake-1925-1950-1975-2000/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #earthquakes #toyooka #imperialfamily #junkotabei #mounteverest #worldrecords #mountaineering #yoshiromori

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View towards the West from Kongma La (5529m) in the Everest Region

Licensed downloads: https://www.zoonar.com/photo/kongma-la-5529m-view-towards-the-west_19962618.html

© Radek Kucharski

Himalayan Snow Lines On The Rise
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https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153945/himalayan-snow-lines-on-the-rise <-- shared NASA technical article
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https://www.icimod.org/press-release/snow-update-report-2024-water-shortages-feared-as-hindu-kush-himalaya-sees-extraordinary-below-normal-snow-year-second-lowest-snow-persistence-on-record/ <-- shared technical article on Himalaya snow persistence changes
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #Nepal #India #Himalayas #Himalayan #mountains #climatechange #snowpersistence #remotesensing #earthobservation #glacier #glacial #melting #MountEverest #water #hydrology #cryology #snow #ice #waterresources #watersecurity #waterresources #fire #risk #hazard #OLI2 #Landsat #meteorology #weather #annual #precipitation #monsoon #sublimation #temperature #wind #humidity #extremeweather #wildfire #humanimpacts #snowline #newnormal #agriculture #foodsecurity #drought

Mount Everest at sunset

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Here's a little Christmas present: Views from the highest webcam in the world located on Kala Patthar in Nepal, pointed at Mount Everest.

@mteverest

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