How Tall Is Mount Everest? Hint: It Changes

Short Wave

We talk to NPR's India correspondent Lauren Frayer about the ridiculously complicated science involved in measuring Mount Everest, the world's highest peak. And why its height is ever-changing. (Encore episode)

Read Lauren's reporting on Mt. Everest.

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2021-07-21 14 min

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