And many more we all hope for your blogging and miming!
Here's another tidbit. Mt. Kenya and Mt. Kilimanjaro are the two farthest points on the planet Earth that can be still seen from each other. Both are 19,000 feet +, and both are free-standing mountains (no range) at the equator. BOTH have glaciers at the summits.
ONLY Kilimanjaro's glacier is mentioned by AL Gore. Mt. Kenya's glacier is NEVER mentioned. WIth the nearly identical circumstances, one glacier is photographed as shrinking - blamed on global warming. SO if that was the case, it should be that same for Mt. Kenya, but Mt. Kenya's glacier has no minimal change.
1) Both glaciers are frozen at a steady rate of about -3 degrees FARENHEIT. (it's the equator - no winter spring summer or fall there) That's about 35 degrees BELOW freezing temperature. Melting does not occur at those altitudes (19,000 feet- roughly 6,000 meters ) or at those temperatures. Due to the height and thin atmosphere, it could warm at sea level and still have no effect on the temps at 19,000 feet. Therefore, any statement that there is MELTING at the summit of Kilimanjaro is FALSE, and relies totally on the ignorance of the listener.
2) The area around KIlimanjaro has been in drought conditions for over a decade. The snow accumulation is less thanks to lack of precipitation. Mt. Kenya has better annual rains. The glacier on Mt. Kilimanjaro can lose mass only through sublimation into the cold, dry air.
3) AL Gore's career has been in politics. He has no education in science of any kind, and did piss poor, flunking level work in the education he did receive, exactly what still remains unclear. Then logically, rationally, when he speaks about "environmental" issues, then he always speaks politically, not scientifically.
Outstanding article with actual, real, proper scientific data at The American Scientist - The Snows of KIlimanjaro.
Congratulations on your upcoming anniversary!
And many more we all hope for your blogging and miming!
Here's another tidbit. Mt. Kenya and Mt. Kilimanjaro are the two farthest points on the planet Earth that can be still seen from each other. Both are 19,000 feet +, and both are free-standing mountains (no range) at the equator. BOTH have glaciers at the summits.
ONLY Kilimanjaro's glacier is mentioned by AL Gore. Mt. Kenya's glacier is NEVER mentioned. WIth the nearly identical circumstances, one glacier is photographed as shrinking - blamed on global warming. SO if that was the case, it should be that same for Mt. Kenya, but Mt. Kenya's glacier has no minimal change.
1) Both glaciers are frozen at a steady rate of about -3 degrees FARENHEIT. (it's the equator - no winter spring summer or fall there) That's about 35 degrees BELOW freezing temperature. Melting does not occur at those altitudes (19,000 feet- roughly 6,000 meters ) or at those temperatures. Due to the height and thin atmosphere, it could warm at sea level and still have no effect on the temps at 19,000 feet. Therefore, any statement that there is MELTING at the summit of Kilimanjaro is FALSE, and relies totally on the ignorance of the listener.
2) The area around KIlimanjaro has been in drought conditions for over a decade. The snow accumulation is less thanks to lack of precipitation. Mt. Kenya has better annual rains. The glacier on Mt. Kilimanjaro can lose mass only through sublimation into the cold, dry air.
3) AL Gore's career has been in politics. He has no education in science of any kind, and did piss poor, flunking level work in the education he did receive, exactly what still remains unclear. Then logically, rationally, when he speaks about "environmental" issues, then he always speaks politically, not scientifically.
Outstanding article with actual, real, proper scientific data at The American Scientist - The Snows of KIlimanjaro.