In 2012, a wildfire scorched 42 sq km of the Rwenzori alpine zone; lake cores showed it was the first large-scale fire there in 12,000 years, with charcoal jumping over 100-fold
[ad_1] Representative Image (AI-generated) A wildfire that swept through the high-altitude alpine zone of Africa’s Rwenzori Mountains in 2012 has been identified as the first large-scale fire to strike the region in at least 12,000 years, according to a study published in Nature. By analysing ancient lake sediment cores (cylindrical samples of layered mud from…