Climate Change Threatens Africa’s Most Famous Landscapes
Travel Blog • Joanna Kakissis • 06.11.08 | 4:49 PM ET
Bad news from the UN: A lack of snow on snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro. Shrinking glaciers in the Rwenzori Mountains. Disappearing Lake Chad and Lake Victoria. An almost 400-page report released yesterday by the United Nations Environment Programme contains the details—and many scary satellite photos.
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Photo of Mount Kilimanjaro by pintaa via Flickr (Creative Commons).