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East Africa's iconic snow peaks will soon disappear for good. What will be lost when they melt?

East Africa's shrinking mountain glaciers on three peaks in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania will soon be no more.

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East Africa's shrinking mountain glaciers on three peaks in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania will soon be no more. The 2025 State of the Climate in Africa report (page 13) estimates that the ice areas on Mount Kenya, the continent's second-highest peak, have shrunk 96% in the past 115 years. The ice cap will cease to exist in three to five years, says the report.…

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