Sentences with phrase «kilimanjaro glacier retreat»
For example, there appears to be general consensus in the scientific community that the Kilimanjaro glacier retreat has not been caused by CO2 - induced GW but rather by human deforestation of the area.
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The Heartland Institute's propagation of the notion that the Kilimanjaro glacier retreat has been proved to be due to deforestation is even more egregious.
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Imagine experiencing sunrise near the summit of Kilimanjaro, with the African plains below and the retreating glaciers glimmeri...
-LSB-...] Moreover, this study highlights that modern glacier retreat on Kilimanjaro is much more complex than simply attributable to «global warming only», a finding that conforms with the general character of glacier retreat in the global tropics [Kaser, 1999]: a process driven by a complex combination of changes in several different climatic parameters [e.g., Kruss, 1983; Kruss and Hastenrath, 1987; Hastenrath and Kruss, 1992; Kaser and Georges, 1997; Wagnon et al., 2001; Kaser and Osmaston, 2002; Francou et al., 2003; Mölg et al., 2003], with humidity - related variables dominating this combination.
The aspect of the paper that has attracted the most attention is the claim that the retreat of the Kilimanjaro summit glaciers can be explained by precipitation reduction, without any compelling need to invoke a warming trend in local air temperature.
Of course, other reasons could exist for glacier retreat (e.g. Kilimanjaro's glacier retreat is apparently due not to increased temperatures but rather to decreased participation — and perhaps human clearing of trees has a role in that!)
The famed snows of Mt. Kilimanjaro, actually glaciers, are retreating rapidly.
Kilimanjaro's majestic glacial cap of 11,000 - year - old ice has long captured imaginations the world over, so it was not surprising that environmentalists focused their attention on it when scientists reported in 2001 that glaciers around the world were retreating, partly as a result of global warming caused by emissions of heat - trapping «greenhouse» gases from smokestacks and tailpipes.
Modern glacier retreat on Kilimanjaro as evidence of climate change: observations and facts.
If we want to know the cause of the retreat of the Kilimanjaro glacier, we can't rely on A+B — > C logic (especially flawed A+B — > C logic).
More on Mount Kilimanjaro: No Snows on Kilimanjaro by 2030 as Glaciers Continue Their Rapid Retreat Climbing Kilimanjaro to Awaken the World to Water 7 Yr.
Some new insight into the vanishing snow cover on Mount Kilimanjaro: A new paper in the journal Global and Planetary Change shows how deforestation is contributing to the rapid retreat of glaciers on the iconic
Namely, 1) that the ice loss on Kilimanjaro is happening at the same time as widespread glacial retreat in mid and low latitudes; and 2) there is evidence that the current shrinking and thinning of these glaciers is «unique within an 11,700 - year perspective.»
One special note should be made of the glaciers on Kilimanjaro, because their retreat over the last 125 years has been well - documented and played a starring role in An Inconvenient Truth.