As a result, Mount Everest—also known as Chomolungma or Sagarmāthā—is growing by up to .08 inches (2mm) per year, according ...

Mount Everest is growing taller every year, and new research suggests that the merger of two rivers thousands of years ago ...

Why does Mount Everest keep growing? Researchers from University College London (UCL) have revealed the forces behind the ...

How did Mount Everest come to be the world’s tallest mountain, towering more than 200 metres above the next two highest peaks? Geologists suggest the mountain owes part of its extra height to ...

At 8,849 metres (29,032 ft), reaching the peak of Mount Everest has long been considered one of mountaineering's greatest challenges. However, climbers of the future might have an even tougher ...

Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, is slowly getting taller every year and scientists have uncovered the reason why. The mountain, which straddles the China-Nepal border, is estimated ...

GPS stations and satellite monitoring have measured an acceleration in the uplift of Mount Everest and its neighboring peaks, which are climbing higher by two millimeters per year. The study ...

A new report details how it is possible for Mount Everest to continue growing. dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images It appears Mount Everest hasn’t reached peak growth. A surprising new report ...

Sept 30 (Reuters) - Mount Everest is Earth's tallest mountain - towering 5.5 miles (8.85 km) above sea level - and is actually still growing. While it and the rest of the Himalayas are continuing ...

Mount Everest has grown up to 164ft taller because of the combined forces of erosion and upward pressure from beneath Earth’s crust, researchers have said. Experts say that a nearby river is ...

Search-and-rescue operations have begun for a Singaporean man who has gone missing in the Everest region. Read more at ...