global warming: Recycling and the Snows of Kilimanjaro
- 03/11/08 05:18 AM
My wife brought up in conversation last night that she had recently heard about the retreating glaciers on Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa. She went on to say that the glaciers had already lost 80% of their mass. I had read about this problem several times previously and added that most climate experts expect the glaciers to be gone in as little as another 10 years. Although this is a worldwide problem, the disappearance of the glaciers on this African mountain holds a special significance to those of us who have read Hemingway's Snows of Kilimanjaro. Ernest Hemingway is considered by many … (4 comments)
My wife brought up in conversation last night that she had recently heard about the retreating glaciers on Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa. She went on to say that the glaciers had already lost 80% of their mass. I had read about this problem several times previously and added that most climate experts expect the glaciers to be gone in as little as another 10 years. Although this is a worldwide problem, the disappearance of the glaciers on this African mountain holds a special significance to those of us who have read Hemingway's Snows of Kilimanjaro.;)
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