珠峯高度因尼泊爾大地震改變? 印度準備重新測量
The Indian government has said it plans to measure the height of Mount Everest for a second time to assess whether it changed as a result of the 2015 Nepal earthquake.
爲了確認珠穆朗瑪峯高度在2015年尼泊爾大地震後是否出現變化，印度政府日前表示，計劃重新測量珠峯的高度。Surveyor-General Swarna Subba Rao said an expedition would be sent to the world's highest mountain in two months.
印度測量部門總監拉奧稱，印度測量局即將在兩個月內派遣科考隊赴實地測量這座全球最高峯。Nepalese officials, however, told the BBC that no agreement had been reached on allowing an Indian team access.
然而，尼泊爾方面的官員卻向BBC透露，目前兩國間並未就允許印度科考隊入境測量達成協議。
Satellite data has indicated the quake impact reduced the height of the peak.
根據衛星數據顯示，該次地震確實給珠峯的高度造成了一定影響。
The most widely recognised height, 8,848m (29,028ft), came from an Indian survey 62 years ago.
最廣泛認可的珠峯高度爲8848米（29028英尺），是印度於62年前測出的。Scientists have said that the height of a swathe of the Himalayas dropped by around one metre shortly after the 7.8 magnitude Nepal earthquake.
在尼泊爾經歷了7.8級強烈地震後不久，科學家就推測珠峯高度下降了近1米。They added at the time that a ground survey and GPS or an airborne mission would be needed to determine whether the world's highest peak had seen a change in its height by a few centimetres.
他們還補充說道，要確認珠峯高度是否變化了，需要通過地面測量、衛星定位或是一次空降任務來判定。Mr Rao said it was still unclear whether the earthquake had affected Everest's height.
拉奧表示，地震是否影響了珠峯的高度，目前尚不能確認。He told the Press Trust of India news agency that a 30-strong team would take about a month to make its observations and another 15 days to compute and declare its data.
他向印度報業托拉斯透露，此次印度方面預計將派出一個30人的團隊，用約一個月的時間進行觀測，另外用15天的時間對數據進行計算並最終公佈結果。
