Georg Kaser of Innsbruck U.: ‘The Kibo glaciers shrink & will disappear not because of changing climate conditions…It is simply too dry for these glaciers to exist under normal Holocene conditions’
Kaser: 'The much less clear question is on how the glaciers came to exist, & there are indications that a series of exceptional wet years allowed them to build up during first half of 19th century'
2010 study in journal Global & Planetary Change found 'deforestation in Kilimanjaro's lower rain forests could be accelerating glaciers' retreat because it leads to drier air around the mountain's peak'
