Rwenzori
Mountains National Park commonly referred to as “Mountains of the Moon”, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Uganda, known for its vegetation, ranging from tropical rainforest through alpine meadows to snow; and for animal population, like forest elephants, primates and endemic birds. However a subject of concern is the impact of
climate change on Rwenzori''s glaciers. In 1906 the Rwenzori had 43 glaciers distributed over 6 mountains with a total area of 7.5km2. Now, less than half of these survive, on only 3 mountains, with an area of about 1.5 km2. Similarly the area
covered now by ice and snow is less than 4km2, while in the earliest glaciations, it covered half the area of the Rwenzoli
mts (996 km2). Consequently the vegetation has changed, the soils are acidic and infertile and some parts have been modified by tuff spread from the explosion craters, creating a need to invest in climate change mitigation technologies.
More abstracts about the The Impact of Climate change on Glaciation, in the Rwenzoli mts National Park, Uganda.