Mount Everest Grows by 2mm a year
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•Mount Everest is getting TALLER by the day and has already grown 164ft
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Mount Everest has grown by up to 164ft ( 49-164 ft) in the past 89,000 years .
Researchers from University College London say mountain is getting taller by 2mm per year.
Mount Everest is 250 m taller than K2 , the world’s second highest peak, but K2 and the other peaks are only 50-100 m taller.
Erosion of nearby rivers has led to the removal of billions of tonnes of rock and sediment from the area around Everest .
As the mountain is lighter, it is pushed upwards by the liquid mantle of the Earth .
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