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Kilimanjaro's Days Are Numbered

Where: Tanzania
January 9, 2006 at 11:41 AM | by | Comments (0)

USA Today asked conservationists and environmentalists just which world attractions were most in danger of disappearing. Number one on the list is Mt. Kilimanjaro, which has just 20% of the glaciers it had 100 years ago. Blame higher temperatures and less rainfall for the setback: scientists think that the glaciers will be completely gone in a decade or two.
Image from Just Insomnia

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·   5 on the verge of vanishing [USA Today]
·   World Monuments Fund [Official site]

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