Explainer: Why did Mount Everest’s height change?
BEIJING (AP) — The world’s highest mountain is now officially a little higher, and that might not be the end of the story.
China and Nepal agreed this week on a new standard height for Mount Everest, the rugged Himalayan peak that straddles their border.
As definitive as that sounds, geological changes, the complicated business of measuring a mountain and varying criteria for determining the world’s highest peak will likely ensure the question isn’t settled for good.
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