Climate change causing grass, shrubs to grow on Mount Everest 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Gabriela BaronA study shows that climate change is causing new grasses and shrubs to grow on Mount Everest and across the Himalayas as ice in the area continues to melt. Wherever you have plants growing, it changes the way the water cycle behaves in those areas,” Anderson said. Climate change has already had observable effects on Himalayan communities; a 2019 study from Columbia University found that the melting of Himalayan glaciers has doubled since 2000. The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development revealed last year that at least a third of the ice in the region, which is home to the world’s highest peaks topped by Mount Everest and K2, could melt by the end of the century.

Source: Manila Bulletin January 11, 2020 15:33 UTC