NPR cites new Everest research in story about glaciers shrinking
In a story about glaciers across the world shrinking, NPR cited a new University of Maine-led study that revealed that melting and sublimation on Mount Everest’s highest glacier due to human-induced climate change have reached the point that several decades of accumulation are being lost annually now that ice has been exposed. Paul Mayewski, director of the UMaine Climate Change Institute and co-author of the new study, told NPR that the glacier, called the South Col glacier, is expected to disappear in about 30 years. WPRL-FM, WPSU-FM, KBBI, WBHM-FM, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WSSB-FM, KUAF-FM and North Country Public Radio shared the NPR report.