Learn how climate change is affecting Mount Everest.

New research shows the glaciers of Mount Everest have shrunk by approximately 13% over the last fifty years, and global warming may be to blame.
A study by researchers from the University of Milan, shows that the small glaciers in the Sagarmatha National Park surrounding Mount Everest have been decreasing by 43 percent.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change claims that glaciers in the Himalayan area will be depleted by 2035.

Another group, the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment analyzed the glacial activity around Everest with satellite technology.

Their data shows the melting glaciers have only receded by one tenth of the numbers claimed in the IPCC report, and that some of the glaciers are growing.

Glaciers in the Karakoram Mountains are reportedly growing larger.

Study researcher Julie Gardelle said: “The rest of the glaciers in the Himalayas are mostly melting, in that they have negative mass balance, here we found that glaciers aren't. This is an anomalous behavior.”

The himalayan glaciers are the water source for around one and a half billion people.