At an altitude of 5,200 meters, the Mt. Qomolangma mountaineering base camp in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region has seen numerous departures of climbers who want to attain the world's highest peak. The recent one is of a group of Chinese scientific researchers. (Xinhua)
Mount Qomolangma has moved 40 centimeters to the northeast over the past ten years, with its height increasing by three centimeters, the National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation said Monday. Monitoring data collected by the department from 2005 to 2015 shows that the mountain has been moving at a speed of four centimeters per year and has been growing by 0.3 centimeters annually.
Glaciers on Mount Qomolangma have shrunk by 28 percent over the past 40 years due to climate change, according to a report released over the weekend. The glacial shrinkage area is compared to the measurements taken in the 1970s. The glacier area on the south slope of the mountain, in Nepal, has decreased 26 percent since the 1980s, according to the report.
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