CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Members of the National Geographic Society-led expedition install a new weather station near the summit of Mount Everest.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mount Everest is home to many weather stations that gather valuable high-altitude weather data, including the highest weather station on Earth, the Balcony Station, which sits at approximately 8,430 meters (27,657 feet) above sea level.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kathmandu, Nepal: A team of experts from the National Geographic Society has installed the “world’s highest weather station” on Mount Everest at an altitude of 8,830 metres to automatically measure various meteorological phenomena, the Nepalese media reported on Thursday.

Detailed explanation-4: -The world’s highest weather station has been reinstalled near the top of Mount Everest after it was destroyed by high winds in 2020, just seven months after it was first erected.

Detailed explanation-5: -National Geographic Society has installed the “world’s highest weather station” on Mount Everest at an altitude of 8,830 metres to automatically measure various meteorological phenomena.