Everest is melting. What does it tell us about climate change?

To understand how the acceleration of climate change is unfolding around the globe, scientists are looking at Mount Everest. As temperatures on the Himalayan peaks rise faster than in other parts of the world - due to a phenomenon called elevation-dependent warming - the icemelt on the planet’s highest glaciers is upending many aspects of life in the region.
For climbers and tourists, the risks posed by avalanches and other climate-related accidents keep growing: 2023 has already been one of the deadliest years on record on Everest. For local Sherpa communities, warming impacts are bringing personal danger and economic harm, including a lack of water for agriculture and a bigger threat of large-scale flooding and glacial lake outbursts.
We traveled to the iconic mountain range to see how the climate crisis is unfolding, and what lessons we can learn from the top of the world.\
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[@stephenmcgraw9466]

The one gentleman Dawa Steve Sherpa says, "People come here to have a good time and not put themselves in harm's way!". What! You are in harm's way from day one. Asked those seventeen people who died in 2023. It's amazing that the most dangerous part is coming down the mountain.

[@jackharle1251]

Longer growing periods are a positive to the population. China is adding one coal plant per week.