Can mountains grow?

A Chinese team climbs to measure Mount Everest. (Tashi Tsering/Xinhua/AP)
Mount Everest is very tall.
A team member sets up tools. The tools measure the mountain. (Tashi Tsering/Xinhua/AP)
A bird flies in front of the mountain. (AP)
Do you see the mountain’s reflection in the pool? (Purbu Zhaxi/Xinhua/AP)

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Yes! Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. It is between China and Nepal.

People from both countries measured Everest. They agree. The mountain is higher than the last time scientists checked.

Read More: Rock deep inside the Earth pushes up. Mountains can be pushed up too. Earthquakes happen. Ground caves in. Mountains can become shorter. The teams of scientists from Nepal and China used GPS, satellites, and lasers to measure. They wanted to know how much snow and ice was at the mountain top. Both teams agree. The new height of Everest is 29,031 feet plus about eight inches. Micah 4:1 tells us, “The mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of mountains.”