Study warns climber waste is accelerating glacial melt on Mount Everest

Research indicates that massive daily volumes of human urine consumed and discarded on the mountain are causing measurable environmental damage to fragile ice formations.

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Climbers are melting Everest’s glacier with their urine, study warns

Large volumes of water consumed every day on world’s highest mountain, but it’s having an adverse effect

By Stuti Mishra

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Study warns climber waste is accelerating glacial melt on Mount Everest

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Climbers are melting Everest’s glacier with their urine, study warns

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