A team of researchers is embarking on a challenging expedition to Mount Everest’s Western Cwm to study why the ice on Khumbu Glacier is nearing melting point.
The team, led by Professor Duncan Quincey of the University of Leeds, aims to measure ice temperatures and investigate how solar radiation affects snowmelt despite freezing air temperatures.
Their findings could have global implications for glacial melt and water supplies across the Himalayas.
The project, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, involves experts from multiple universities and will use advanced borehole drilling technology to gather data.
The team, led by Professor Duncan Quincey of the University of Leeds, aims to measure ice temperatures and investigate how solar radiation affects snowmelt despite freezing air temperatures.
Their findings could have global implications for glacial melt and water supplies across the Himalayas.
The project, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, involves experts from multiple universities and will use advanced borehole drilling technology to gather data.
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01:00Oh
01:30Oh
02:01What's that?
02:05I think you can't see it
02:07It's a little bit obscured
02:10It's not the clearest water you've seen
02:12No
02:14It's not the clearest water
02:16You need to look up
02:18Well, there should be
02:19But if you imagine it's going down
02:20and you look at the geyser
02:21and look at the next
02:22and you're pulling up
02:23and you can't
02:24It's on the surface
02:30Oh
03:01Oh
03:12Kevin, over
03:22Yeah, so it became clear
03:23that he wanted us to
03:24hook the other one back on
03:25so that's what we did
03:26OK, over