Mount Everest is shrinking in height because of erosion.
Why it is true
Mount Everest is growing by about 4 millimetres per year due to the movement of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates, which continue to collide. Erosion also acts, but tectonic growth outweighs it.
Source: USGS
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