So what it comes down to is that whatever it means Mount Kilimanjaro has lost 85% of its glacier ice since 1912. I don't know why this has always been so striking to me, perhaps because of all things climate change related this one seemed to always be one with a certain degree of ambiguity attached to the possible cause, when it should be obvious in my opinion, what exactly it means. How exactly this is taking place is debated, but the fact it that it is happening, and it’s happening now and its happening fast, 26% of the ice lost has melted since 2000. I would love to know the exact science behind it, but I don’t, a lot is open for interpretation, but there are other perspectives, those related to humanities. We understand that the peaks of Kilimanjaro that Hemingway evoked are gone, we understand that the people of Kenya do not see something they have always seen on their border, ice; we understand other cultures around the world live around mountain glaciers, most of which are melting, irreparably so it would seem for some, and that a lot of these provide fresh water for these cultures (in the case of the Himalayas 1/6 of the planets drinking water) and that it would seem we caused it, again not sure on the how and how fast, or how permanently, but pretty sure on what’s happening and we have an idea of what it will mean.
P.S: yeah i know this is too late to get credit but i wanted to write it anyway
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