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In my initial posting, I asked to see the evidence that global warming may play a role in Kilimanjaro's retreat. This morning, I discovered a pointer to this article at RealClimate.org from May of 2005 at another website where my blog entry generated some discussion.
RealClimate is very careful about its science and always cites its sources. Don't take my word for it; visit the site and read the article in full.
For those who are content to read part of a single paragraph, I offer this:
"...Even more significantly, the Kilimanjaro glacier survived a 300 year African drought which occurred about 4000 years ago, as inferred from the ice core record [Thompson et al, 2002]. This drought was so severe that it has even been implicated in the collapse of a number of civilizations that were subjected to it. If the Kilimanjaro glacier has survived earlier precipitation fluctuations, what is different this time around that is causing its imminent disappearance, if not for something associated with anthropogenic climate change?"
Hardly a "smoking gun," but an important perspective.
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