A team of US scientists researching pollution's effect on Himalayan mountains and glaciers will attempt to climb Mount Everest in May.
A team of US scientists is preparing to climb Mount Everest to study how pollution has affected the Himalayan mountains and glaciers.
In May the team will tackle Everest, the world's highest mountain at the 8850m, and its sister peak Mount Lhotse."We are looking at how climate change has affected vegetation, we are looking at how climate change has affected the snow and water availability for local people and how it is affecting local people," Mr All told The Associated Press.
"The more dirt there is, the more pollution accumulated on them and the more light absorption there is, and thus the larger impact on the glaciers, it is going to melt quickly," he said.A year after his research expedition to the Everest region in 2009, Mr All climbed to the summit.
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