| The impact of global warming on Mount Everest. | |
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PMID: 20039819 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Global warming impacts a wide range of human activities and ecosystems. One unanticipated consequence of the warming is an increase in barometric pressure throughout the troposphere. Mount Everest's extreme height and resulting low barometric pressure places humans near its summit in an extreme state of hypoxia. Here we quantify the degree with which this warming is increasing the barometric pressure near Everest's summit and argue that it is of such a magnitude as to make the mountain, over time, easier to climb. |
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Authors:
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G W K Moore; John L Semple |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: High altitude medicine & biology Volume: 10 ISSN: 1557-8682 ISO Abbreviation: High Alt. Med. Biol. Publication Date: 2009 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-12-30 Completed Date: 2010-03-15 Revised Date: 2010-04-05 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100901183 Medline TA: High Alt Med Biol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 383-5 Citation Subset: IM; S |
Affiliation:
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Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. gwk.moore@utoronto.ca |
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Atmospheric Pressure* Global Warming* Humans Mountaineering* Oxygen Consumption |
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