Kilimanjaro - a history of the snow cap

In AIT,  former vice president Al Gore stated, “Within a decade, there will be no more snows of Kilimanjaro” due to warming temperatures. 

The 2012 snows of Kilimanjaro.

The 2011 snows of Kilimanjaro defy global warming force climbers to turn back.

Kilimanjaro in 1890. Losing its ice cap then.


Photos from ice-free Kilimanjaro.

More can be found here and  here


The snows of Kilimanjaro continued to shrink during the global cooling scare of the 1970s.


Deforestation as cause of decreasing snows on Kilimanjaro


Fluctuations in snow cover on Kilimanjaro are nothing new.

The reason for the disappearing summit glaciers of Kilimanjaro has more to do with moisture transport up the mountain than with any global warming.


Tanzania declares snows on Kilimanjaro to be increasing in 2008.

From Greenie Watch: The collage below from SDA is informative