Tag: Mount Everest

From Birth to Ban: A History of the Plastic Shopping Bag

A novelty in the 1970s, plastic shopping bags are now an omnipresent product found in every corner of the world. Produced at a rate of up to one trillion bags per year,...

Blanketing the United States in Solar Panels and Pollinator-Friendly Plants

It started as a trickle and now the floodgates are open. Solar arrays that once sat on barren ground are now festooned with plants that attract bees, birds, and butterflies. Even the...

Grass Growing Around Mount Everest as Global Heating Intensifies

Shrubs and grasses are springing up around Mount Everest and across the Himalayas, one of the most rapidly heating regions of the planet.The impact on water supplies of the small but significant...

Tourists Are Trashing the World’s Tallest Mountain, So China Has Banned Them From Its Base Camp

China has closed its Everest base camp to tourists because of a buildup of trash on the world's tallest mountain. The move comes as the Tibet Autonomous Region Sports Bureau said it had...

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