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Published online 24 November 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news031117-8
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African ice under wraps
Secrets locked in Kilimanjaro's ice cap need urgent protection.
The celebrated ice cap on Africa's loftiest peak could vanish within 20 years, taking with it a unique scientific resource. Now a Zimbabwean scientist believes that the ice can be saved — by covering it with a giant tarpaulin.
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