When Ice Peaks Split: Global Warming in Uganda
Uganda's precious glaciers are melting from global warming.
This week, the Uganda Wildlife Authority announced that Uganda’s steepest ice peak split in April, melting due to increases in the environment’s temperature, according to reporting by the BBC News.
Uganda is home to glaciers in the Rwenzori Mountain Range, but they have shrunk from 6km to 1km in the last 50 years, and the glaciers probably will not survive another 20 years. They are a UNESCO heritage site.
The split created a 6m crevasse, blocking access to a summit that many climbers travel to every year.
As the glaciers melt, the flow of water has increased into the River Semliki, causing erosion in the boundary between the DR Congo and Uganda, according to reporting by New Vision.
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