Kilimanjaro's Secrets Revealed
- 18 October 2002
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 298 (5593), 548-549
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1078561
Abstract
The ice fields on Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak, are melting rapidly. In her Perspective, Gasse discusses the insights into past African climate gained from the report of Thompson et al., whose Kilimanjaro ice core record may remain the first and last such record from Africa. Important questions remain with regard to temperature and hydrological changes in tropical Africa over the past 10,000 years.Keywords
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