Hot!!! Is’ n it? Everybody blame the hotness these days, can’t even stay out the office AC during the rains... Of course this level of hotness and uneasiness is never experienced in my life before. So – than looking to the Ice Glaciers at unknown unexplored unmeasured poles, I thought I must explore if it is really diminishing ice caps or historical glaciers in Africa – which were not very big, covered a limited measured known ground where people kept enough records during the last century – therefore analysis should be easy. Up to today – I thought global warming is not very serious. Please Read following (borrowed from Wiki) and judge where we stands for god sake!!! Interestingly, look at what is happening around the sacred three ice tops of Africa with in the most disturbed last half century years – compared to the peaceful hundred thousand years. I am sure we are going to genocide glaciers from African region before next ten years.
Mount Kilimanjaro
The period from 1912 to present has witnessed the disappearance of more than 80% of the ice cover on Kilimanjaro. From 1912 to 1953 there was ~1% annual loss, while 1989–2007 saw ~2.5% annual loss. Of the ice cover still present in 2000, 26% had disappeared by 2007. While the current shrinking and thinning of Kilimanjaro's ice fields appears to be unique within its almost twelve millennium history, it is contemporaneous with widespread glacier retreat in mid-to-low latitudes across the globe. At the current rate, Kilimanjaro is expected to become ice-free sometime between 2022 and 2033.
The period from 1912 to present has witnessed the disappearance of more than 80% of the ice cover on Kilimanjaro. From 1912 to 1953 there was ~1% annual loss, while 1989–2007 saw ~2.5% annual loss. Of the ice cover still present in 2000, 26% had disappeared by 2007. While the current shrinking and thinning of Kilimanjaro's ice fields appears to be unique within its almost twelve millennium history, it is contemporaneous with widespread glacier retreat in mid-to-low latitudes across the globe. At the current rate, Kilimanjaro is expected to become ice-free sometime between 2022 and 2033.
Rwenzori Mountains
A subject of concern in recent years has been the impact of climate change on Rwenzori's glaciers. In 1906 the Rwenzori had 43 named glaciers distributed over 6 mountains with a total area of 7.5 square kilometres (2.9 sq mi), about half the total glacier area in Africa. By 2005 less than half of these were still present, on only three mountains, with an area of about 1.5 square kilometres (0.58 sq mi).
A subject of concern in recent years has been the impact of climate change on Rwenzori's glaciers. In 1906 the Rwenzori had 43 named glaciers distributed over 6 mountains with a total area of 7.5 square kilometres (2.9 sq mi), about half the total glacier area in Africa. By 2005 less than half of these were still present, on only three mountains, with an area of about 1.5 square kilometres (0.58 sq mi).
Mount Kenya
The glacier on Mount Kenya are retreating rapidly. The Mountain Club of Kenya in Nairobi has photographs showing the mountain when it was first climbed in 1899, and again more recently, and the retreat of the glaciers is very evident. Descriptions of ascents of several of the peaks advise on the use of crampons, but now there is no ice to be found. There is no new snow to be found, even on the Lewis Glacier (the largest of them) in winter, so no new ice will be formed. It is predicted to be less than 30 years before there will no longer be ice on Mount Kenya. The area of glaciers on the mountain was measured in the 1980s, and recorded as about 0.7 km2 (0.27 sq mi).This is far smaller than the first observations, made in the 1890s.
The glacier on Mount Kenya are retreating rapidly. The Mountain Club of Kenya in Nairobi has photographs showing the mountain when it was first climbed in 1899, and again more recently, and the retreat of the glaciers is very evident. Descriptions of ascents of several of the peaks advise on the use of crampons, but now there is no ice to be found. There is no new snow to be found, even on the Lewis Glacier (the largest of them) in winter, so no new ice will be formed. It is predicted to be less than 30 years before there will no longer be ice on Mount Kenya. The area of glaciers on the mountain was measured in the 1980s, and recorded as about 0.7 km2 (0.27 sq mi).This is far smaller than the first observations, made in the 1890s.
How far could we stay blind and deaf to this change – only god knows?
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