Mount Everest, also known as Chomolungma, has grown about 15 to 50 meters (50 to 164 feet) higher over the past 89,000 years ...

Scientists may finally have an explanation for why Mount Everest is so much taller than the other great Himalayan peaks – and ...

Mount Everest is Earth's tallest mountain - towering 5.5 miles (8.85 km) above sea level - and is actually still growing.

Researchers say that two rivers merged some 89,000 years ago and gave the mightiest peak in the Himalayas a huge growth spurt ...

The Kosi River in the Himalayas once captured part of a tributary: the Arun River. It set off a chain of geological events ...

And, perhaps just as interesting, the answer for Everest’s growth is down at ground level — specifically the Arun River north ...

Mount Everest continues to grow in height due to isostatic rebound, a process linked to the merger of the Kosi and Arun ...

The early Everest expeditions had a hard time. As they froze in inadequate clothing, went hungry on indigestible pemmican ...

Essentially, the immense pressure and force generated by the collision causes the crust to thicken, resulting in the uplift ...

Mount Everest has grown by 164ft - researchers have found - and the reason behind this growth spurt will totally astonish you ...

Mount Everest is Earth's tallest mountain - towering 5.5 miles (8.85 km) above sea level - and is still growing.

Everest has gained roughly 15-50 m in height due to this change in the regional river system, with the Kosi river merging ...