Terrifying Photos That Demonstrate The Effects of Climate Change

Mount Kilimanjaro: Now

Recently, the mountain has been the subject of many scientific studies because of its shrinking glaciers and disappearing ice fields. The volcano’s renowned northern glaciers are expected to be gone by 2030. Also, the entire ice field, which holds the majority of Kilimanjaro’s remaining ice, lost more than 140 million cubic feet of ice in the last 13 years. The ice sheet that once was at the summit of the mountain in 2007 was 85 percent smaller than the one that covered it in 1912. It appears that the iconic image of Mount Kilimanjaro looming in the distance with its white peak will now only be observable in pictures.