Mount Everest fortsätter växa

På grund av erosion Forskare på University College London har studerat världens högsta berg, Mount Everest, och kommit fram till att berget fortsatt växer med cirka 2 millimeter per år. Enligt forskarna har berget växt mellan

Sammanhang: ...Forskarna skriver i en pressrelease om processen: "A significant portion of this anomaly can be explained by an uplifting force caused by pressure from below Earth’s crust after a nearby river eroded away a sizeable amount of rocks and soils. It’s an effect called isostatic rebound, where a section of the Earth’s crust that loses mass flexes and “floats” upwards because the intense pressure of the liquid mantle below is greater than the downward force of gravity after the loss of mass. ...

Omnämnda platser: College London, Nepal, Earth.