As a result of global warming and a significant increase in temperature, the snow cover on the highest peak of the Armenian Highlands, Mount Ararat (5165m), is melting year after year.
Experts have compared and analyzed satellite images of Mount Ararat. It should be noted that since 1987, satellite images have been taken and compared every year in August.
Experts note that the snow cover of Mount Ararat, which previously occupied an area of about 8042 km2, has already been reduced by almost half, amounting to 4095 km2 as of 2024.
The above image shows that the surface of the ice sheet has decreased by approximately 3047 km2 over 37 years, and by 41% in percentage terms.
It is noted that if global warming and temperature increases continue at the current rate, most of the Ararat snow cover will disappear within the next 50 years.
Experts also noted that the snow cover of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, has almost completely disappeared and this may also happen with Mount Ararat.
“If this process continues, it is likely that in the near future the top of Mount Ararat will be covered with volcanic rocks instead of an ice sheet,” the source writes.
It was also emphasized that this could cause serious ecological and hydrological problems.
Source. Westernarmeniatv