UMaine researchers find Mount Everest glacier is losing decades’ worth of ice each year

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • February 4, 2022

The highest glacier on Mount Everest is melting, and is now losing several decades’ worth of ice accumulation each year. The glacier’s rapid melt could endanger a water supply that 1 billion people depend on, and lead to more frequent avalanches on the world’s tallest mountain. A team led by researchers from the University of Maine on Thursday published research showing that climate change is behind the accelerating melting.