Response to Mölg et al.: Glacier loss on Kilimanjaro is consistent with widespread ice loss in low latitudes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 17, 2010, Pages

  Thompson, L G ^a,b   Brecher, H H ^a   Mosley Thompson, E ^a,b   Hardy, D R ^c   Mark, B G ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GLACIAL MASS BALANCE; GLACIER; JAPAN; LATITUDE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77952324175     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1001999107     Document Type: Letter

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