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[00:00.93] "A classic example is in Scandinavia, where the land is still rising in response to the melting of thick ice sheets that covered the region during the last Ice Age.
[00:19.27] This process continues today, affecting coastlines and landscapes, thousands of years after the ice retreated," Dai said.
[00:26.43] Study co-writer Adam Smith, a University College London doctoral student, said GPS measurements show the continued rising of Everest and the rest of the Himalayas.
[00:41.31] This uplift is faster than the continued surface erosion caused by wind, rain and river flow.
[00:57.78] As this erosion continues, Everest's uplift rate from isostatic rebound may increase, Smith said.
[01:01.23] Neighboring mountains, including Lhotse, the world's fourth highest, and Makalu, the fifth highest, also get a boost from the same process.
[01:13.71] Lhotse is experiencing an uplift rate similar to Everest.
[01:19.56] Makalu has a slightly higher uplift rate.
[01:23.54] Dai said that the research shows our planet's changing nature.
[01:28.85] Even a seemingly unchanging element like Mount Everest is "subject to ongoing geological processes, reminding us that Earth is constantly changing, often in ways imperceptible in our daily lives."
[01:55.15] Earth's rigid outer part is divided into large plates that move slowly over time.
[01:56.21] The Himalayas rose following a collision between two plates.
[02:00.20] Everest is located on the border between Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
[02:08.17] It was named for George Everest, a 19th century British surveyor in India.
[02:16.14] "Mount Everest occupies a unique place in human consciousness," Dai said.
[02:24.10] "Physically, it represents Earth's highest point," giving it a lot of importance simply because of its size, Dai explained.
[02:38.45] He added that Everest has cultural importance to local Sherpa and Tibetan communities.
[02:41.37] Worldwide, Dai said, the mountain represents a big test for human endurance.
