More plants are growing around Everest -- and the consequences could be serious

CNN ^ | January 10, 2020 | By Amy Woodyatt

[Rodm]

Oh Noes! More plants. It’s the end of the world! 🤣

[Red Badger]

[Ezekiel]

All the dead bodies...

They did name it "Everest", after all.

[clearcarbon]

Massive increases in arable land will be the death of us yet (/sarc)

[b4its2late]

Looks like the I-5 in LA at rush hour.

[corlorde]

Blood makes the grass grow

[I want the USA back]

How stupid can anyone be? Plants are growing because the environment is beneficial for them! The added CO2 is making them thrive! They are really deliberately ignorant and stupid.

[RayChuang88]

Actually, a warmer Earth means longer agricultural growing seasons in much of the world. And that means much higher food production, good for the human race! Another Ice Age could cause a major famine, which is bad for the human race.

[Jess Kitting]

Only when the sun is shining. At night they expel CO2.

Here's a simple solution to global warming: More daylight saving's time!

[yesthatjallen]

More plants are growing around Everest -- and the consequences could be serious

The opposite.

If more CO2 is being added to the atmosphere we need more plants to process it.

They're defining a natural solution as a problem.

[Billthedrill]

Looks like the Klondike gold rush.

[1Old Pro]

Nobody has aske, what kind of plants? Climbers tend to be hippie granola types that like their weed.

[mewzilla]

At least they aren’t triffids!

[Red Badger]

It IS a ‘Gold Rush’...............................For Nepal.....................

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/why-the-only-thing-tougher-than-climbing-mt-everest-is-raising-the-fund-for-it/articleshow/46890443.cms

“The typical cost when climbing the Everest with a Western agency is $45,000 and above. With a local Nepali operator it can be between $25,000 and $40,000.” The cost includes the royalty fee of $11,000 for the peak. Most agencies conduct sherpa-supported climbs.May 28, 2019

Mt Everest: Why the only thing tougher than climbing Mt ...
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com › magazines › panache › articleshow

[GnuThere]

I must have missed a news cycle.
Plants are bad?

[Rebelbase]

“”We don’t know what the impact is — it may be that plants trap snow and might cause it to melt more slowly. It might be that the plants cause the snow to melt more quickly,” she added.”

Translation: “we don’t know sh_t.”

[Red Badger]

probably FASTER..................................

[Mastador1]

What about the plight of the yeti? They can always get electrolysis.Hey Electrologists gotta live too!

[b4its2late]

Definitely faster.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Not to worry. The hordes of climbers will stomp that fragile vegetation into
oblivion.