Uganda Atlas of Our Changing Environment - GRID-Arendal

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Mt. Rwenzori
Glaciers
Global warming,
disappearing ice
caps,
reduced stream
water
Changes in glacial extent: Rwenzori mountains
Source: Mileham et al, in press quoted in
Pomeroy & Tushabe (2004)
If global warming persists, ice cover on the peaks of the Rwenzoris (Baker, Speke and
Stanley) will disappear altogether by 2023 (Mileham et al in press). In 1987 there was
more snow on the Stanely, Baker and Speke peaks but by 2005 there are strong signs
of reduction in snow. The disappearance of the ice cover will mean reduced water
Source: Atlas of Environment Change for Africa, UNEP 2008