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African tropical glaciers disappearing and going extinct

Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have been home to tropical glaciers for tens of thousands of years.

 

 

These glaciers currently are receeding at a rate of between 30 meters per year to 50 meters per year.

 

 

The largest "glacier" is now about 1 square kilometer, in 2012.

 

 

The rate at which these glaciers are disappearing is increasing, and they will soon be extinct in our lifetime, probably by 2020.