Los míticos casquetes de las cumbres heladas de las montañas Rwenzori, entre el Congo y Uganda, desaparecerán en 20 años debido al cambio climático, según un estudio realizado por científicos de la University College de Londres (Reino Unido) publicado en mayo pasado por la revista Geophysical Research Letters: “Based on field surveys and analyses of optical spaceborne images (LandSat5, LandSat7), we report recent decline in the areal extent of glaciers in the Rwenzori Mountains of East Africa from 2.01 ± 0.56 km2 in 1987 to 0.96 ± 0.34 km2 in 2003. The spatially uniform loss of glacial cover at lower elevations together with meteorological trends derived from both station and reanalysis data, indicate that increased air temperature is the main driver. Clear trends toward increased air temperatures over the last four decades of ∼0.5°C per decade exist without significant changes in annual precipitation. Extrapolation of trends in glacial recession since 1906 suggests that glaciers in the Rwenzori Mountains will disappear within the next two decades” (published 17 May 2006)