How Tall Is Mount Everest? Hint: It Changes
Episode 14 min 44s

How Tall Is Mount Everest? Hint: It Changes

From Short Wave NPR
We talk to NPR's India correspondent Lauren Frayer about the ridiculously complicated science involved in measuring Mount Everest, the world's highest peak. And why its height is ever-changing. (Encore episode)

Read Lauren's reporting on Mt. Everest.

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