Thursday, 17 December 11:00 am US Eastern Time

PRESS ROUNDTABLE: Health of mountain water towers around the world

PANELISTS• Tenzing Chogyal Sherpa, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development• Lewis Collins, One Earth• Paul Mayewski, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine• Imogen Napper, University of Plymouth• Baker Perry, Appalachian State University

INFORMATION FOR REPORTERS

2 0 1 9 N A T I O N A L G E O G R A P H I C

A N D R O L E XP E R P E T U A L P L A N E T

E V E R E S T E X P E D I T I O N

PHOTO BY DIRK COLLINS/ NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC | | |

O N E E A R T H S P E C I A L I S S U E

PHOTO BY FREDDIE WILKINSON/ NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC | | |

G R O U N D B R E A K I N G I N T E R D I S C I P L I N A R Y R E S E A R C H

PHOTO BY FREDDIE WILKINSON/ NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC | | |

G R O U N D B R E A K I N G I N T E R D I S C I P L I N A R Y R E S E A R C H

PHOTO BY FREDDIE WILKINSON/ NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC | | |

G R O U N D B R E A K I N G I N T E R D I S C I P L I N A R Y R E S E A R C H

PHOTO BY ERIC DAFT/ NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC | | |

G R O U N D B R E A K I N G I N T E R D I S C I P L I N A R Y R E S E A R C H

PHOTO BY SAM SHELINE/ BAKER PERRY/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC | | |

8,440 M

DEPOSITION OF PFAS ‘FOREVER CHEMICALS’ ON MT. EVEREST

(MINER ET AL., SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, IN PRESS)

V O I C E S : I M P O R T A N C E O F C L I M A T E C H A N G E I N T H E K H U M B U R E G I O N

PHOTO BY/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC | | |

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Y 2017 Y 2018 Y 2019 Y 2020 Y2021

PHOTO BY MARK FISHER/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC | | |

T H A N K Y O U

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