[cogitator]

Not that this is new news, but it's an update. Things change.

[Semper Paratus]

"OHH NOO Mr. Bill that mean Mr. Bush is melting all the snow!"

[VaBthang4]

I care about this because...

[Abathar]

The melting of the glaciers on Mt. Kilimanjaro is a simple, local event. The water came from the heavy humidity of forests that USE to surround the mountains, and updrafts brought it up and deposited on the peaks. Natives slash/burned the forests, so the water stopped rising. In this particular case it is 100% explainable and simple to reverse, replant the forests, don't cut them down, and eventually they will grow thicker again.

[jpl]

The snow all went to New York City over the weekend.

[Red Badger]

It's hot in Africa near the equator..........or so I've heard.....

[parcel_of_rogues]

How soon we forget:

http://www.john-daly.com/press/press-01a.htm#kilimanjaro
About half way down the page are photos showin hardly any snow in 1971, a lot of snow in 1983 and little snow in 1997.

source pictures:
http://www.sharrock.com/safariscrapbook.htm

[Stirner]

disappearing glaciers will "add to the heavy drought burden already facing those living near that mountain".

I think it's the other way around. The drought near the mountain is reducing the amount of snow at the peak. It's cold enough up there, but without adequate new snow, the existing pack will evaporate without melting (sublimation). When people read this story, they think "global warming", but even scientists who believe in global warming work with models that predict warming at higher latitudes, not at the equator.

[irishtenor]

I think the snow went to New York. Must be on vacation.

[boomop1]

Good, more water for crops.

[You Dirty Rats]

If the population is depending on the melting ice for water supply, then if the ice were to STOP melting they would be in as much trouble as if it disappeared, no?

[dfwgator]

Is that on both of the peaks?

[Minus_The_Bear]

Best news I've ever heard. I don't care if I never see snow or temps below 70 EVER AGAIN!

[CodeToad]

Meanwhile, New England just got record snow falls! OMG! IT'S GLOBAL COOLING!!! AHHHH!

[epow]

I knew all along that no good would come from this SUV fad. Now look what it's done, ice is melting on a mountain in Africa. That Honda CRV my daughter wants is now out of the question! She can get to anywhere she needs to go by donkey cart.

No wait, that's no good either. Every time a donkey farts methane is released into the earth's atmosphere. Apparently there's no way that any of us can get anywhere except by bicycle. Yeah I know, the rainforest is being destroyed by planting rubber plantations to make rubber for bike tires, but I can't be held responsible for what Michelin does can I?