ArticleEcology and evolution2019
Disappearing Kilimanjaro snow-Are we the last generation to explore equatorial glacier biodiversity?
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- Ecological interactions in glacier environments: a review of studies on a model Alpine glacier.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2025Review
- The dark side of the moon: first insights into the microbiome structure and function of one of the last glacier-fed streams in Africa.Royal Society open science · 2023Article
- Geographical variability of bacterial communities of cryoconite holes of Andean glaciers.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- A genome and gene catalog of glacier microbiomes.Nature biotechnology · 2022Article
- Five animal phyla in glacier ice reveal unprecedented biodiversity in New Zealand's Southern Alps.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Continued Exploration of Tanzanian Rainforests Reveals a New Echiniscid Species (Heterotardigrada).Zoological studies · 2020Article
- Disappearing Kilimanjaro snow-Are we the last generation to explore equatorial glacier biodiversity?Ecology and evolution · 2019Article
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Abstract
Glaciation accompanied our human ancestors in Africa throughout the Pleistocene. Regrettably, equatorial glaciers and snow are disappearing rapidly, and we are likely the last generation who will get to know these peculiar places. Despite the permanently harsh conditions of glacier/snow habitats, they support a remarkable diversity of life ranging from bacteria to animals. Numerous papers have been devoted to microbial communities and unique animals on polar glaciers and high mountains, but only two reports relate to glacial biodiversity in equatorial regions, which are destined to melt completely within the next few decades. Equatorial glaciers constitute "cold islands" in tropics, and discovering their diversity might shed light on the biogeography, dispersal, and history of psychrophiles. Thus, an opportunity to protect biota of equatorial glaciers hinges on ex situ conservation. It is timely and crucial that we should investigate the glacial biodiversity of the few remaining equatorial glaciers.
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