Kilimanjaro Climate & Glaciers

We were back on the glaciers for fieldwork in October! As previously reported ( here ), the pandemic and logistical issues prevented us from...

Our team is just back from difficult-but-stimulating fieldwork on summit glaciers, documenting Kibo's climate. Initial instrumentation...

With great anticipation, I'm planning to be back on Kibo's glaciers next month. After 17 years of frequent observations and measur...

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...

Two months into the 2022 dry season - roughly halfway through - the extent of snowcover has remained remarkably constant. The animation belo...

Throughout eastern Africa the dry season is getting underway, a period of 4-5 months with minimal precipitation . June typically begins wit...

Delineating Kibo's southern slope glacier margins on satellite imagery has been difficult in recent years. This is because snow ...