Everest: Why is the glacier at the highest peak melting so fast for 2,000 years? What is the effect?

 Why did the ice melt?

They say the melting of the glaciers has intensified as the glaciers have been eroded and the "black ice" beneath them has been exposed.

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One of the main researchers Dr. According to Mariusz Potoski, the study's findings indicate that "the South Coal glacier is probably in the process of melting". According to him, it may have been a remnant of an earlier, cooler time.

Another author of the report and King's College London climate scientist Dr. Tom Matthews told the that there had been no change in the region's climate, with the ice melting rapidly.

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"Instead, a modest rise in temperature brings the glacier to a point where all of a sudden everything changes," he said.

Although the melting of glaciers has been extensively studied, the effects of climate change on glaciers at this height have not been studied in the past.

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How was the study

A team of ten scientists reached the glacier.

There, the team set up two weather monitoring stations to monitor the weather. These stations are considered to be the highest in the world.

Scientists collected samples from a 10-meter-long "ice core" of snow.

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Team leader Dr. Pol Majewski told the that the study revealed previously unknown aspects of the Earth's sensitivity to relatively small changes at high altitudes.

What will be the effect?

Rapid melting of ice could have a variety of significant impacts "at the regional and global level," he said.

About a billion people in the world depend on glaciers for drinking water.

And as snow melts on Mount Everest in other glaciers in the region or around the world, its ability to provide water for drinking and irrigation could be greatly reduced.

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Decreasing snow and ice levels can also be a challenge for mountaineers, as climbers may have to face snow-covered rocks.

This can make mountaineering even more difficult.

Dr. Matthews called the South Coal glacier "very small compared to everything else."

"Researchers now have to find out to what extent the sensitivity we discovered applies to ice deposits on the 'roof of the world'," 

Last year, a team of French researchers concluded that glaciers around the world were melting at a rapid rate.

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