Weather of Arabia - Even Mount Everest, which is the highest mountain peak in the world, is no longer immune from the effects of climate change and global warming!
A new concern has risen in the past two days as a result of the melting of glaciers on Mount Everest. He is the corpses of climbers and victims of mountain adventures!
Ang Tshering Sherpa, former president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, tells CNN that climbers are finding dead bodies as a result of climate change and rising temperatures, because "snow and glaciers are melting fast."
The network reported that more than 200 people have died atop Everest since 1922.
According to the BBC, bodies are being removed from the Chinese side of Everest as the spring climbing season approaches. The Nepal Expeditionary Operators Association also told the site that dealing with the removal of the bodies was difficult because there was a law that required government agencies to be involved in the process.
The process of removing the dead bodies is not only difficult, but also very costly and expensive; According to a report by the Washington Post in 2016; Retrieving a single body from the mountain costs between $30,000 and $70,000.
Most deaths on Everest occur in the Death Zone, a section of the mountain above 26,000 feet in elevation.
"This issue needs to get attention and priority from the government and the mountaineering industry," Dambar Barajoli, chair of EOAN, tells the BBC.
A report released in February revealed fears of melting ice in the Himalayas. The report issued by the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development stated that if global warming continues, two-thirds of the glaciers in the Himalayas may melt by the year 2100!
It was also mentioned in the report that the melting of glaciers may cause large floods and lead to the destruction of agricultural crops.
Post by Hala Taha
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