Kathmandu: The National Geographic Society will set up automatic weather stations on Mt Everest as part of its multi-year, partnered initiative to increase understanding of extreme environmental conditions, the media reported on Friday. According to Nepal government officials involved in issuing permits for the scientific research, NatGeo has been permitted to install five automatic weather stations at different elevations along the climbing route and on the “roof of the world”, reports The Himalayan Times.
It has also been issued permits for on-site meteorological experiments. Bishnu Prasad Shrestha, Under-Secy at the Dept of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, said the NatGeo team had already left for the Everest expedition for research on weather, atmospheric conditions and changing climate.
