Fire that scorched African mountain range was unprecedented in the last 12,000 years, research shows
May 13, 2026
May 13, 2026
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 13 -- Brown University posted the following news:
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Fire that scorched African mountain range was unprecedented in the last 12,000 years, research shows
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -In 2012, a wildfire ripped through 42 square kilometers of alpine moorland in Africa's Rwenzori Mountains, a range of glaciated peaks on the border of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The blaze, which occu . . .
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Fire that scorched African mountain range was unprecedented in the last 12,000 years, research shows
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -In 2012, a wildfire ripped through 42 square kilometers of alpine moorland in Africa's Rwenzori Mountains, a range of glaciated peaks on the border of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The blaze, which occu . . .