Posted on 01/10/2020 10:19:14 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Grasses, shrubs and mosses are growing and expanding around Mount Everest and across the Himalayan region as the area continues to experience the consequences of global warming, researchers have found.
Scientists from the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom used satellite data to establish increases in subnival vegetation -- plants that grow between the tree line and the snow line -- in the Himalayas. Using NASA Landsat satellite data from 1993 to 2018, remote sensing scientists measured "small but significant" increases in vegetation cover across four height brackets between 4,150 and 6,000 meters (13,615-19,685 feet) above sea level.
"There are now more areas that are covered in plants than there were in 1993," Karen Anderson, a remote sensing scientist who led the research, told CNN.
Around Mount Everest, there was a significant increase in vegetation across all height brackets, the research team found.
While it is still too early to tell what impact this new growth could have on the region, "urgent research" on the potential effects is needed, Anderson told CNN.
"We don't know what the impact is -- it may be that plants trap snow and might cause it to melt more slowly. It might be that the plants cause the snow to melt more quickly," she added.
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They did name it "Everest", after all.
Massive increases in arable land will be the death of us yet (/sarc)
Looks like the I-5 in LA at rush hour.
Blood makes the grass grow
How stupid can anyone be? Plants are growing because the environment is beneficial for them! The added CO2 is making them thrive! They are really deliberately ignorant and stupid.
Here's a simple solution to global warming: More daylight saving's time!
The opposite.
If more CO2 is being added to the atmosphere we need more plants to process it.
They're defining a natural solution as a problem.
Looks like the Klondike gold rush.
Nobody has aske, what kind of plants? Climbers tend to be hippie granola types that like their weed.
At least they aren’t triffids!
It IS a ‘Gold Rush’...............................For Nepal.....................
“The typical cost when climbing the Everest with a Western agency is $45,000 and above. With a local Nepali operator it can be between $25,000 and $40,000.” The cost includes the royalty fee of $11,000 for the peak. Most agencies conduct sherpa-supported climbs.May 28, 2019
Mt Everest: Why the only thing tougher than climbing Mt ...
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com › magazines › panache › articleshow
I must have missed a news cycle.
Plants are bad?
“”We don’t know what the impact is — it may be that plants trap snow and might cause it to melt more slowly. It might be that the plants cause the snow to melt more quickly,” she added.”
Translation: “we don’t know sh_t.”
probably FASTER..................................
Definitely faster.
Not to worry. The hordes of climbers will stomp that fragile vegetation into
oblivion.
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