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Inside the mission of Everest's first mountain rangers

Kathmandu, June 9 -- The face was sunburned and weathered by years in the high Himalayas. Thin and pale from weeks spent ...
Scientific American

Increase in wildfire-driven ozone linked to premature deaths across the U.S.

Smog linked to wildfires is getting worse across much of the United States, playing a role in 300 additional premature deaths ...
Human Rights WatchOpinion

World Environment Day: Zambia’s Mining Pollution Victims Need Justice

Mining pollution has been a fact of life for 15-year-old “Joyce” as long as she can remember. Joyce, whose real name is ...

Family questions rescue efforts for Sherpa guide found alive on Everest

KATHMANDU, Nepal — A Sherpa guide who survived a week on the treacherous slopes of Mount Everest was recovering at a hospital ...
The Press Democrat

Sherpa guide missing for a week on Mount Everest rescued while crawling to base camp

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Sherpa guide was found crawling to base camp on Mount Everest a week after he went missing and was reunited with his family who had given up hope he would return.

A viral Everest Camp 4 video reveals the truth about a serious problem lurking in the mountain: Why it should be addressed immediately

Mount Everest faces a recurring waste problem, exacerbated by record climbing permits and the logistical challenges of waste ...
Reuters

Briton makes record Everest climb by foreigner, two die on mountain

KATHMANDU, May 22 (Reuters) - A Briton improved his own Everest record on Friday and notched his 20th ascent to the world’s highest peak, as two Indian climbers died on the mountain, taking the season ...
New York Post

Record 274 climbers scale Mount Everest in a single day as overcrowding fears mount

KATHMANDU, May 21 — A record number of 274 climbers scaled Mount Everest on Wednesday, a hiking ‌official said, the highest number ever to reach the world’s tallest peak on the same day from the ...
Boston Herald

A record 274 climbers scale Mount Everest in a single day

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Hundreds of climbers scaled Mount Everest in a single day, setting a new record with 274 successful ascents, officials said Thursday. The climbers took advantage of the clear ...
CNN

New record set as 274 climbers scale Everest’s south side in single day

A record 274 climbers scaled Mount Everest on Wednesday, the highest number to reach the summit from the mountain’s south side in a single day, a Nepali hiking official said. That’s nearly 50 more ...
Live Science

Pollution may fuel depression, anxiety and other mental health problems, emerging research suggests

MAHARASHTRA, INDIA — In clinics and labs around the world, scientists are uncovering a consequence of air pollution that received little attention for decades: Polluted air not only damages the lungs ...
Los Angeles Times

Mt. Everest season opens late, with climbers undeterred by huge ice block and high travel costs

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. An unstable ice block delayed Mount Everest’s climbing season until late April, yet around 464 climbers and their ...