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The world's tallest mountain gains roughly two millimetres a year, and a 2024 study found the biggest driver isn't the collision of continents — it's…
By Laxman Rawal · Jul 20, 2026
Everest is not finished growing. Every year, the world's tallest mountain gains a little more height — and until recently, nobody could fully explain why. A 2024 study in Nature Geoscience found that a big part of the answer has nothing to do with the…
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Lhotse, the world's fourth-highest peak, and Makalu, the fifth-highest, sit in the same stretch of the Himalaya and are being pushed upward by the same rebound. Makalu, positioned closest to the Arun's new course, appears to be rising slightly faster than its…
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