UNEP GEAS: Africa without Ice and Snow

This month's bulletin of UNEP's Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) provides an overview of the current state of African glaciers and trends in their decline according to the latest scientific observations and satellite images. It also discusses the implications as these iconic glaciers continue to recede.The East African glaciers that once covered several hundred kilometres during the Pleistoscene era are now vulnerable to the impacts of a changing climate.

Contact information	Ashbindu Singh Ph.D. Chief, Early Warning Branch UNEP Division of Early Warning& Assessment and Regional Coordinator UNEP Division of Early Warning & Assessment- North America 900 17th Street N.W, Suite 506 Washington, D.C. 20006 (email: ashbindu.singh@unep.org) Phone: (202) 785 0465/(202) 974 1305 Fax:(202) 785 2096
News type	Inbrief
File link	http://na.unep.net/geas/getUNEPPageWithArticleIDScript.php?article_id=90&goback=%2Egmr_968637%2Egde_968637_member_150678051
Source of information	Subscribe fur future GEAS bulletins
Keyword(s)	snow
Subject(s)	INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , WATER DEMAND
Geographical coverage	n/a
News date	29/08/2012
Working language(s)	ENGLISH

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