"The Vanishing Snows of Kilimanjaro" (07:18)
"The glaciers are receding very fast..." says head Guide, Julius Minja, explaining the changes he and his countrymen have been seeing on Mt Kilimanjaro over the past several decades to students and teachers participating in the 2012 GLOBE Learning Expedition. Permafrost researchers Kenji Yoshikawa and Bob Bolton, from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Julia Khalilova from Russia add scientific data and visualizations showing the changes, and historical photos from noted glaciologist, Lonnie Thompson, show how the "Snows of Kilimanjaro" - the title of one of Hemingway's greatest stories - have been vanishing. Students everywhere are encouraged to take and share data as part of GLOBE's Student Climate Research Campaign, and so contribute to improved understanding of the changes happening everywhere on Earth.
"The glaciers are receding very fast..." says head Guide, Julius Minja, explaining the changes he and his countrymen have been seeing on Mt Kilimanjaro over the past several decades to students and teachers participating in the 2012 GLOBE Learning Expedition. Permafrost researchers Kenji Yoshikawa and Bob Bolton, from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Julia Khalilova from Russia add scientific data and visualizations showing the changes, and historical photos from noted glaciologist, Lonnie Thompson, show how the "Snows of Kilimanjaro" - the title of one of Hemingway's greatest stories - have been vanishing. Students everywhere are encouraged to take and share data as part of GLOBE's Student Climate Research Campaign, and so contribute to improved understanding of the changes happening everywhere on Earth.