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Old 10-29-2006, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Kuan View Post
I think we've been working on a solve over the last 40 years. It goes something like this:

1) Remove jungle
2) No more problem
I understand that part of the vanishing snows/glaciers phenomenon on Kilimanjaro is likely due to deforestation in the vicinity, cutting down on precip on the mountain.

Could be that when humans moved from hunter/gatherer mode to agriculture was the beginning of a long, slow slide to disaster.
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