COSEE Ocean Systems: News
Deforestation's Impact on Mount Kilimanjaro Calculated
Description: From 1912 to now, the glacier area on Mount Kilimanjaro has decreased from 12 square kilometers to less than two. The impact that local deforestation might have on the snowcap and glaciers atop Mount Kilimanjaro are now being calculated at The University of Alabama in Huntsville using regional climate models and data from NASA satellites. [Source: ScienceDaily]
URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110305112136.htm
Availability: Full Text
Source: ScienceDaily
Publish Date: 3/5/2011
Reading Level: Basic
Page Length:  

<< BACK