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The melting snows of Kilimanjaro

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Glaciers crowning Africa's tallest mountain could disappear within decades.

The snows of Kilimanjaro are rapidly disappearing and will be gone by 2033, predicts the most detailed analysis yet of the iconic glaciers gracing Africa's highest peak.

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  1. Thompson, L.G. et al. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA doi: 10.1073/pnas.0906029106 (2009).

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Vastag, B. The melting snows of Kilimanjaro. Nature (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2009.1055

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