Climate Change Threatens Africa’s Most Famous Landscapes

Travel Blog  •  Joanna Kakissis  •  06.11.08 | 4:49 PM ET

image 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).

Tags: Eco Travel, Africa, News and Briefs

Joanna Kakissis's writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe and The Washington Post, among other publications. A contributor to the World Hum blog, she's currently a Ted Scripps fellow in environmental journalism at the University of Colorado in Boulder.


1 Comment for Climate Change Threatens Africa’s Most Famous Landscapes

Ximena 09.04.08 | 7:54 PM ET

Hi from Chile,
It is very scary to realize all the changes we have in the world, due to our own responsability.
In Chile last year we saw how one lake disappear in the Northen Patagonia.  Some months later, this lake appear again, however without the same quantity of water it used to have.

In the same area (Northen Patagonia) there is an idea of creating small dams, and that means to destroy Chile’s Natural Environments. So the big question is:  When are we going to stop?

Take care,

Ximena

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