KILIMANJARO AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Want to publish news and articles on this website for more links, traffic and greater exposure? Use our article submission service. If you wish to see your article in Google News, try out our press release distribution service. Latest Breaking News - Travel - Viewing: Kilimanjaro And Climate Change Sunday, February 07, 2010 Very few natural features around the world are as well known as Mount Kilimanjaro. The awe inspiring snow covered slopes are the highlight of the landscape of north central Tanzania. For people living outside Africa Mount Kilimanjaro has been serving as the backdrop for much of the art and movies produced outside Africa about Africa. Similarly, for the people of Northern Tanzania Mount Kilimanjaro is the focal point of their traditions and religion. However, today Mount Kilimanjaro is one of those important areas of the world where the climate change due to global warming has already shown its effects. The capacity of Mount Kilimanjaro to provide the vital products for the locals is threatened by the numerous and inappropriate exploitation of the natural resources. This simply comes to add to the huge changes taking place in the world, due to the overall abuse of the earth and land. The main concerns about the weather and the climate change refer to what scientists see as a return to the Ice Age, due to the cold and warm climatic fluctuations. The Ice Age is not a single age at all, but a series of cold periods separated by times when the climate was as warm, or maybe more warmer than it is currently. Glacial periods were known to alternate with interglacial periods. There were also periods of climatic fluctuations, described as stadials and interstadials. Every year, it seems that more wiggles are added to the temperature curve for the last two million years as the investigator focuses more and more clearly upon the past. Today, the Mount Kilimanjaro is in great danger, and the signs of extinction are what should alarm us and keep us alert. Experts have drilled cores into the ice fields at various points on Mount Kilimanjaro and deduced that the ice is thinning out at a faster rate and melting has gone up dramatically over the last couple of decades. Given the present climatic conditions, experts opine that in a couple of decades the ice fields of Kilimanjaro would most likely disappear completely. Safaris and expeditions on Mount Kilimanjaro and the wider areas of Tanzania offer the simple and often ignorant people the chance to get to know about the climate and the particular conditions of the area and how things have changed over the years. You can either follow regular routes or design your own Tanzania Safari to suit your interests and budget. Specialists for Selous, Ruaha, Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Kilimanjaro and cultural safaris will gladly work out customized solutions for you. Or maybe you would choose to climb Kilimanjaro. Specialists for Kilimanjaro and Meru Treks, Kilimanjaro by all routes: Marangu, Machame, Lemosho, Rongai, Shira, Umbwe are available to guide you and make your trip memorable. Such trips also help raise awareness about the climate and what we need to do to help maintain the environmental balance and preserve our natural resources. Design your own Tanzania Safari to suit your interests and budget. Specialists for Selous, Ruaha, Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Kilimanjaro and cultural safaris. Climb Kilimanjaro . Specialists for Kilimanjaro and Meru Treks, Kilimanjaro by all routes: Marangu, Machame, Lemosho, Rongai, Shira, Umbwe. Note: You are free to reprint this article as long as the text links remain intact. Article Views: 30

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