Equator's glaciers slipping away

NARO MORU, Kenya (AP) -- Rivers of ice at the Equator -- foretold in the 2nd century, found in the 19th -- are now melting away in this new century, returning to the realm of lore and fading photographs.

From mile-high Naro Moru, villagers have watched year by year as the great glaciers of Mount Kenya, glinting in the equatorial sun high above them, have retreated into shrunken white stains on the rocky shoulders of the 16,897-foot peak.

Climbing up, "you can hear the water running down beneath Diamond and Darwin," mountain guide Paul Nditiru said, speaking of two of 10 surviving glaciers.

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its a crying shame. if we continue to be forced to use fossil fuels we will continue to damage the environment. its that simple.

Important stuff.

Seems contradictory and immpossible tho. Glaciers at the equator? But of course they are there, at least for a while - and are the main source of water in the region.

:sigh: