Wednesday, 12 December, 2007

Kilimanjaro, blame it on the sunshine

The melting snows of Kilimanjaro near the African equator have become a symbol of global warming but is there really a link between the two? Two geophysicists, Philip Mote and Georg Kaser don’t think so. In an article in the journal American Scientific the two scientists have identified other causes.

kilimanjaro's shrinking ice cap
Kilimanjaro - shrinking snows (photo: Nasa)

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