Mount Everest is growing unexpectedly: Discovered fluid spiracy as a reason!

Mount Everest is growing unexpectedly: Discovered fluid spiracy as a reason!

San Francisco. The Mount Everest, the highest mountains in the world with a height of 8,848.86 meters, surprises geologists with new knowledge about its growth. The latest GPS measurements have shown that Everest grows by two millimeters annually. This is twice as much as originally assumed. The key to this phenomenon lies in a little -known process called "river spiracy".

About 40 to 50 million years ago, the Himalayas came about when the Indian and the Eurasian plate met. This dramatic geological process results in the survey of the mountains. However, there are apparently other factors in the growth of Mount Everest. A study recently published in the journal "Nature Geoscience" deals with the effects of river changes on geological structures. According to the theory, the Arun river could have been "attacked" by the Kosi River many millennia ago.

What is fluid spiracy?

fluid spiracy denotes the diversion or conquest of watercourses by other rivers that lose water. The researchers suspect that the Arun was recorded by Kosi about 89,000 years ago. Such changes can cause serious geological changes, including the possibility that a Lake Glacier overwhelmed and triggered catastrophic floods. These could then have destroyed the natural demarcation between Arun and Kosi, which led to an increase in erosion and consequently also to raise Mount Everest.

Adam Smith, one of the co-authors of the study and researchers at the Faculty of Geosciences at the University College London, explains that there are still uncertainties about which specific mechanisms play a role. However, the effects of river erosion on mountain formation are well documented. Similar samples can be observed in the Alps.

How high will Mount Everest still grow?

The collision of the tectonic plates is still held responsible for the main cause of altitude growth. But the fluid spiracy and the associated erosion processes seem to have an additional influence on the growth of Everest. Jin-gen Dai, professor of geology at China University of Geosciences in Beijing, finds that computer models show that the everest may have been raised by more than 50 meters over time and these changes could continue to take place.

These research results are crucial because they expand our understanding of geological processes and the dynamics of the highest mountain worldwide. The scientists expect that the growth of Everest will continue in the future, which could put us with new challenges in geology and the associated natural phenomena. For detailed information about the study and its consequences, see the report on www.morgenpost.de .