Why Mount Everest Keeps Changing Its Height?

The answer isn’t that simple.

When Nepal experienced a devastating earthquake in 2015, the Nepalese government decided to take the first-ever initiative to measure Mount Everest’s height again. It was suspected that the tallest mountain in the world had shifted its size again, similar to how it had since the first time it was measured. Mount Everest is part of the…

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I am a History Educator and a Lifelong Learner with a Masters in Global History.