Mt. Everest, the world's highest mountain standing 29,029 feet, is growing due to a convergence of rivers and pressure from below the Earth.

Mount Everest is growing taller every year, and new research suggests that the merger of two rivers thousands of years ago plays a key role in its rise.

The tallest mountain on Earth keeps getting taller. You might think Mount Everest, nature’s most imposing skyscraper, would shrink by a few millimeters each year due to erosion or other factors. Instead,

Recent GPS measurements showed that Everest was growing at a rate of about 2 millimeters per year rather than the expected 1 millimeter per year. According to new research, this extra lift results from a geological incident.

At 50 million years old and 29,032ft / 8,849m high, the trek to the top of Mount Everest is getting a little longer every year according to new research. Everest was born alongside the side rest of the Himalayas when the Indian subcontinent collided with the Eurasian tectonic plate.