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  • Study Analyzes Shrinking "Mountains of the Moon" Glaciers in Africa

    05/16/2006 8:59:45 AM PDT · by cogitator · 2 replies · 237+ views
    Terra Daily ^ | 05/16/2006 | Staff Writers
    Fabled equatorial icecaps will disappear within two decades, because of global warming, a study British and Ugandan scientists has found. In a paper to be published 17 May in Geophysical Research Letters, they report results from the first survey in a decade of glaciers in the Rwenzori Mountains of East Africa. An increase in air temperature over the last four decades has contributed to a substantial reduction in glacial cover, they say. The Rwenzori Mountains--also known as the Mountains of the Moon--straddle the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Uganda. They are home to one...