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The Ice Of Kilimanjaro Melted
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Between 1912 and 2011, the mass of ice on top of a mountain as high as 19,341 feet or approximately 5895 meters it has been reduced by more than 85 percent.
A glasiolog at Goddard Space Flight Centre, Kimberley Casey who visited the volcano earlier this year also realized that the ice field in the north of Kilimanjaro have been separated.
Glaciers in that section already has a hole since the 70's, but this is the first time there is a separation there. "We can walk, even riding through the gap," said Casey.
Scientists warn of ice on the top of Kilimanjaro could disappear. There are various estimates about the time the disappearance of ice from there, but some researchers estimate the ice will disappear in 2060.
Although Kilimanjaro is located in the tropics, the air is cold and dry in the peak has conserved a large amount of ice for more than 10 thousand years. But now, the higher temperatures due to global warming could cause the ice is gone.
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