Crumbling crests

'It was beautiful': Mount Kenya's glaciers melting away

Updated: 2025-03-28 14:44
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Kenyan professional mountaineers approach the foothills of Mount Kenya for a summit attempt on March 6. LUIS TATO/AFP

There are other ice blocks left on the mountain, but Prinz said they are now "more or less a pile of ice cubes".

The Lewis Glacier did once have an effect on local water supplies, added Alexandros Makarigakis, a UNESCO hydrologist, but it has become so small that its contribution to the local environment has evaporated.

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