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Mount Everest grows about 4 millimeters every year

By: Patrick Coveny, Editor

September 29, 2017

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This occurs due to tectonic plates under Earth’s surface that cause the land masses of India and Asia to collide and push the mountains upward. It’s slow growth will eventually cause Everest to lose its title as highest mountain on Earth, in exactly 181,250 years!

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Patrick Coveny, Editor

Patrick Coveny is a 17 year old senior at Colonia High School where he is a second-year journalism student and a fall editor at The Declaration. He is studious and dedicated to his education -his favorite classes being history and english. In his free time, Coveny enjoys reading, taking pictures, listening to indie music, and spending time with friends. He is very excited to be graduating this year and hopes working on The Declaration will prepare him for college.