Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. Impressive as that is, there is plenty more to know about Everest. Think about this for a minute: The top of the mountain is covered with limestone that, a few hundred million years ago, was on the floor of the ocean.
“It’s a remarkable example of how dynamic the planet is over geologic time,” says Sean Gallen, an Earth scientist at Colorado State University who studies, among other things, how mountains are formed.
And then there’s the pure grandeur of Everest. Baker Perry is a climatologist who studies how climate change affects the mountain and everything downstream. This is how he describes being atop Mount Everest: “It's the edge of the world. You feel like you can reach out and touch the stars.” It's no wonder there is much to learn about this majestic mountain.
