This is regarding the causes and effects of global warming that highlights the a

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This is regarding the causes and effects of global warming that highlights the average temperature increase of 0.6 degrees C and how this directly impacts alpine glaciers in many areas of the world, agricultural regions, sea levels, breeding seasons of birds and animals, coral reefs, ocean pH, and storm intensities. Mt. Kilimanjaro is one of the few tropical mountains in the world to have glaciers on its summit. The view of this snow-capped mountain from the warm, arid plains of central Africa is a world-renowned sight. Unfortunately, Mt. Kilimanjaro, like alpine regions nearly everywhere in the world, is losing its famous snows. Since 1915, the mountain has lost 85 percent of its ice cap. If global warming continues, all the ice and permanent snows on the mountain will be gone by 2020.

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Regading “When Wedges Do More Than Silver Bullets,” and “What Effects Are We Seeing?” Open Google Earth, and in the search box enter Mt. Kilimanjaro, Rombo. Click Search. Then zoom in to see the area closely. The elevation is shown near the bottom of the screen as you move your mouse over the mountain top.

Approximately how extensive is the snow in the area? What about glaciers?

Explanation / Answer

On google earth Mt. Kilimanjaro has varied snow cover in the different directions i.e., it has extesive snow in the Northwest side and Southwest side but negligible sonw in the Northeast and east side of the mountain. From 5800 meter to 4700 meter snow is present and after that dense tropical forest is there. It seems from the image galcier is receding very rapidly and in few years with increasing avg. temperature and global warming there will be no glacier on Mt. Kilimanjaro.

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