Everest has gained roughly 15-50 metres in height.
MAHALANGUR HIMAL - Mount Everest is Earth's tallest mountain - towering 5.5 miles above sea level - and is actually still growing.
The geological process at work, they said, is called isostatic rebound. It involves the rise of land masses on Earth's crust when the weight of the surface diminishes. The crust, Earth's outermost layer, essentially floats atop a mantle layer made of hot, semi-liquid rock. "When a heavy load, such as ice or eroded rock, is removed from the Earth's crust, the land beneath slowly rises in response, much like a boat rising in water when cargo is unloaded," Dai added.The researchers, who used numerical models to simulate the evolution of the river system, estimated that isostatic rebound accounts for about 10 per cent of Everest's annual uplift rate.
Neighbouring peaks including Lhotse, the world's fourth highest, and Makalu, the fifth highest, also get a boost from the same process. Lhotse is experiencing an uplift rate similar to Everest. Makalu, situated closer to the Arun, has a slightly higher uplift rate.
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