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How much snow is on Mount Everest? Scientists climbed it to find out

Researchers who summited the world’s tallest peak found much more snow there than expected.
Three people in red coats with backpacks climbing a slope of thick snow.

Researchers aiming to measure the snow depth on Mount Everest climb an ice wall at 7,208 metres. Credit: Wei Yang

How much snow sits on top of Mount Everest? Several metres more than previously estimated, according to results1 from a scientific expedition to the top of the world’s tallest peak.

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Nature 619, 675 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02257-6

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  1. Yang, W. et al. Cryosphere 17, 2625–2628 (2023).

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