Mount Kilimanjaro's ice caps are vanishing fast
Mount Kilimanjaro's unique equatorial glaciers are rapidly disappearing due to climate change, highlighting global warming's far-reaching impact and threatening local ecosystems and communities.
Africa's tallest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, is rapidly losing its iconic ice caps. These unique equatorial glaciers have shrunk by about 82 percent since 1912, with over 90 percent of their volume gone. By 2011, only small remnants remained, covering a tiny fraction of their original extent.
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