The Chinese team is hoping to determine the mountain’s exact height for the first time in 15 years. China’s last official measurement put Everest at 8,844 meters, or about 29,000 feet.

The team included eight climbers, three guides and 10 Sherpa, according to Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Timmerman, sponsored in part by donations from Sanofi and 10X ...

Melting on Mount Everest's highest glacier is occurring at an alarming pace, according to a study published Thursday by a University of Maine-led research team. The team's findings suggested that ...

Students and staff give an overview of the team's April-June expedition to Mt. Everest's summit on ... UMaine’s own discuss climate change research from their journey up Mount Everest. By Bria ...

In a paper published in Nature Geoscience, a team of Chinese and English scientists say Everest's anomalous height and growth have been influenced by the Arun River, which flows through the Himalayas.

Grasses, shrubs and mosses are growing and expanding around Mount Everest and across the Himalayan region as the area continues to experience the consequences of global warming, researchers have ...

A National Geographic team found the boot and foot of whom it suspects to be Andrew "Sandy" Irvine, a 22-year-old climber who went missing on Mount Everest a century ago.

On his upcoming trip to Mount Everest, mountaineer Conrad Anker will team up with geologist Dave Lageson to remeasure the peak's exact altitude--a stat scientists still dispute. Physiologist Bryan ...

The Full Circle Everest team is attempting to become the first all-Black American expedition to summit Mount Everest. Their final push is this spring. Sports newsletter 🏈's best, via 📧 ...

The highest-altitude weather station in the world has revealed a worrying trend: Human-induced climate change is melting glaciers on Mount Everest, the Earth's tallest mountain.. A team of climate ...