Mountains are in constant motion. That includes the world’s tallest peak, Mt. Everest, in the Himalayas. It’s added an extra 160 feet in the past 89,000 years, according to a new study. Adam Smith, a geoscientist at University College London and one of the study’s authors talks with The World’s Carol Hills about how and why mountain ranges grow.
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