SciShow: Everest Doesn’t Always Feel Like the Tallest Mountain

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Content of the Lesson: Mt Everest is unquestionably the highest point on earth, but it doesn't always feel that way. Hosted by: Rose Bear Don't Walk SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Alisa Sherbow, Silas Emrys, Drew Hart. Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Adam Brainard, Nazara, GrowingViolet, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2020.101718 https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EO152830 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4175264/ https://www.npl.co.uk/resources/q-a/atmospheric-altitude-pressure-changes http://www.meteo.psu.edu/wjs1/Meteo3/Html/pressure.htm Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Everest_as_seen_from_Drukair2_PLW_edit.jpg


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