Glacier loss on Kilimanjaro is an exceptional case

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

Volumn 107, Issue 17, 2010, Pages

  Mölg, Thomas ^a   Kaser, Georg ^a   Cullen, Nicolas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGLACIATION; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GLACIER; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; JAPAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLCANO;

ALTITUDE; CLIMATE; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE COVER; RAIN; TANZANIA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77952386927     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0913780107     Document Type: Letter

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