Climate Change Melts Kilimanjaro's Snows

Rivers of ice at the Equator - foretold in the 2nd century, found in the 19th - are now melting away in this new century, returning to the realm of lore and fading photographs. Villagers have watched year by year as the great glaciers of Mount Kenya have retreated into shrunken white stains on the rocky shoulders of the 16,897-foot peak.

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