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In a famed game park near the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, the animals are giving up

As a climate change-induced drought wears on, it’s putting more pressure on wildlife, livestock and people, with deadly consequences.

World in Progress: How climate change impacts lives around Kilimanjaro

World in Progress: How climate change impacts lives around Kilimanjaro

Mount Kilimanjaro's snow peak is popular with tourists who like to hike up. But the white cap on Africa's highest mountain in Tanzania could be completely gone within the next few years since there's not enough precipitation to replenish it.

Living at the foot of a melting Mt Kilimanjaro
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Living at the foot of a melting Mt Kilimanjaro

In East Africa, the snows that normally blanket Mt Kilimanjaro throughout the year are rapidly disappearing. For people and wildlife living near Africa's tallest mountain, that's causing a host of unexpected and increasingly existential changes.
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