Records reveal that beginning in the 1950s
there has been an accelerated reduction in ice and snow across most mountain
glaciers and ice caps. The glaciers of the Tibetan Plateau and the HimalayanMountains are the main source of water for the Ganges and the Indus Rivers.
During the summer higher temperatures are causing these glaciers to melt at an
increasing rate while during the winter the warmer temperature are yielding a
dearth of snowfall, which in turn leads to drought. Along the equator in
Africa, glaciers are faced with a similar same situation. In Uganda, 80 percent
of the glaciers have disappeared since 1850 and by 2050 they are expected to be
completely gone. Only 20 percent of the glaciers on Mount Kenya still remain
today as the neighboring rivers continue to dry up, and even the majestic Snows
of Mount Kilimanjaro are projected to vanish completely by the middle of the
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