Whip out the grater to prepare a swoon-worthy tomato sauce. The only thing you need to cook for this dish is the pasta. The whole recipe will take no longer than 20 minutes to make. Here’s what you need:

Ingredients

1 lb. whole-wheat spaghetti or soba noodles 1 3-in. piece fresh horseradish, grated (about 6 tbsp) 1/4 c. thinly sliced flat-leaf parsley stems, plus ½ cup small parsley leaves 2 tbsp. lemon zest, plus 4 tsp lemon juice 2 1/4 lb. large ripe (or overripe) heirloom tomatoes (about 4) 3 large cloves garlic, finely grated 1/2 c. extra-virgin olive oil Kosher salt and pepper 1/2 c. small basil leaves

STEP 1: To start, cook the noodles following the directions on the packaging. Then, drain well or rinse under cool water.

STEP 2: While the noodles are boiling, mix the horseradish, parsley stems, and lemon zest together in a small bowl and set it aside.

STEP 3: Moving to a larger bowl, coarsely grate the tomatoes. The amount should get you about 3 cups of pulp. Stir in lemon juice, garlic, olive oil, 1-1/2 tsp salt, and 1/2 tsp coarsely ground black pepper.

STEP 4: After the noodles are cooked, add them and toss to combine. After that, put the horseradish mixture on top, add parsley and basil leaves, and additional pepper if desired.

This recipe was developed, tested, made, and tasted by professional food experts so you can enjoy a nice bowl of tomato sauce pasta and impress your family or guests.

In a recent study, scientists have determined that Earth’s highest ice may be gone in decades. According to them, the effects of climate change have caused Mount Everest’s highest glacier to lose a decade’s worth of ice every year. The study was done by researchers who, upon extracting an ice core from the glacier, found that it had lost ice that had been accumulating on its surface for 2000 years.

Mount Everest’s South Col Glacier Has Lost Half Its Mass in Just 30 Years

The study shows that Mount Everest’s South Col Glacier could have lost half its mass due to warming temperatures in the region. This glacier is one that climbers routinely traverse on their way to the summit, and it may disappear entirely in a few decades. To come to that conclusion, a wide-ranging expedition was set up and carried out. In addition to ice extraction, it included taking biological samples, studying water quality, and creating a high-resolution map of the area. The team also managed to install five weather stations — with two of them being the highest in the world.

The Researchers Extracted a Cylindrical Ice Core From the Glacier at an Elevation of 26,312 Feet

The focus of the research was to determine if glaciers located high in the mountains, where it is much colder, are also retreating. A key goal was to extract a cylindrical piece of ice from the glacier at an elevation 3,200 feet higher than the previous highest ice core extraction. This required customized drilling equipment that could be carried by hand and operate in thinner air. Despite the challenges, the team managed to pull it off, and the results shocked them. The radiocarbon dating and analysis of the 33-foot ice core showed that the top layer surface was about 2,000 years old. This meant that given the same rate of ice deposition over time, some 180 feet of ice has been lost in the past 30 years.

To determine that this major loss of ice had occurred in the period between 1990 and today, scientists used measurements of warming and ice loss from elsewhere in the Himalayas. According to the researchers, if the ice loss continues at this rate, the South Col Glacier would disappear within a few decades.