Kilimanjaro Climate & Glaciers
Saturday, November 11, 2023
October fieldwork!
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We were back on the glaciers for fieldwork in October! As previously reported ( here ), the pandemic and logistical issues prevented us from...
Thursday, October 12, 2023
Kibo Weather Stations - 23 years later
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Our team is just back from difficult-but-stimulating fieldwork on summit glaciers, documenting Kibo's climate. Initial instrumentation...
Monday, August 21, 2023
September fieldwork!
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With great anticipation, I'm planning to be back on Kibo's glaciers next month. After 17 years of frequent observations and measur...
Friday, October 7, 2022
Summit without snow
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Kibo's summit is currently snow-free, towards the end of the dry season. The two images below from the ESA Sentinel-2 satellite show vir...
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Stable weather at the summit
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Two months into the 2022 dry season - roughly halfway through - the extent of snowcover has remained remarkably constant. The animation belo...
Monday, June 6, 2022
Kibo 2022 Dry Season begins
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Throughout eastern Africa the dry season is getting underway, a period of 4-5 months with minimal precipitation . June typically begins wit...
Friday, March 25, 2022
A glimpse of the receding south-side glaciers
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Delineating Kibo's southern slope glacier margins on satellite imagery has been difficult in recent years. This is because snow ...
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