International media report on UMaine-led study documenting that human-induced climate change impacts the highest reaches of the planet
National Geographic, CBS News, BBC News, CNN, The Independent, The Hill, The Weather Channel, the Daily Mail, the Bangor Daily News, Spectrum News, Live Science, the Agence France-Presse, Sky News, CNET, Pardafas, ScienceAlert, The Kathmandu Post, The Malaysian Insight, WION and Down To Earth reported on a new study from a University of Maine-led international research team that found that human-induced climate change impacts the highest reaches of the Earth: Mount Everest. According to UMaine Climate Change Institute scientists Paul Mayewski, Mariusz Potocki and their colleagues, the extreme sensitivity of the high-altitude Himalayan ice masses in rapid retreat forewarns of quickly emerging impacts that could range from increased incidence of avalanches and decreased capacity of the glacier-stored water on which more than 1 billion people depend to provide melt for drinking water and irrigation. The team’s findings, published in the journal Nature Portfolio Journal Climate and Atmospheric Science, are the latest research results from the 2019 National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition, in which six UMaine Climate Change Institute scientists participated. As of Feb. 7, the journal article, “Mt. Everest’s Highest Glacier Is a Sentinel for Accelerating Ice Loss,” is in the 99th percentile —ranked 343rd — of the 189,583 tracked articles of a similar age in all journals and the first percentile — ranked first — of the one tracked articles of a similar age in npj Climate and Atmospheric Sciences. Science Magazine, Verve Times, Phys.org, SciTechDaily, The Daily Check and FocusTechnica shared a news release about the study. Big World Tale shared the Daily Mail article. The Business Standard, The Times of India, The Straits Times, the Philippine Daily Inquirer, News24, TRT World the Daily Sun, the Kashmir Observer, i24News, moneycontrol.com, Independent Online, Barron’s, NDTV, the Hindustan Times, CTGN, TRENDS, The Standard, The Journal, The Pioneer, The Nation and Dawn shared the Agence France-Press report. MSN, Public Radio of Armenia, The Business Post, Wilderness magazine and Yahoo! News shared the BBC News report. United News of India, the Twiner-Herald and WWJ Newsradio 950 (Detroit) shared the CNN report.