{"id":2173266,"date":"2026-10-01T08:49:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T05:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2173266"},"modified":"2026-10-01T08:49:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T05:49:24","slug":"is-urine-really-melting-everest-what-a-new-study-says-about-the-khumbu-glacier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2173266","title":{"rendered":"Is Urine Really Melting Everest? What a New Study Says About the Khumbu Glacier"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Everest Base Camp on the Nepal side is being ruined by urine. | Photo: Holidify<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A new study has put a number on something Everest climbers rarely talk about: the heat from their urine.<\/strong> The research, co-authored by Nepal\u2019s Chief Survey Officer Khim Lal Gautam and published in Regional Environmental Change<\/em><\/a> in July, estimates that urine at Everest Base Camp could melt about 154 metric tons<\/a> of glacier ice in a single spring season. It\u2019s a quirky headline number, but the same study shows it\u2019s a small slice of a much bigger problem.<\/p>\n