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How Tall Is Mount Everest? Hint: It Changes

How Tall Is Mount Everest? Hint: It Changes

Short Wave · NPR

July 21, 202114m 44s

Show Notes

We talk to NPR's India correspondent Lauren Frayer about the ridiculously complicated science involved in measuring Mount Everest, the world's highest peak. And why its height is ever-changing. (Encore episode)

Read Lauren's reporting on Mt. Everest.

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