Kilimanjaros´s summit lose its snow. WWF report 

The ice of the highest mountain in Africa melts for the very first time in 11.000 years

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S/C DE TENERIFE. During 11.000 years the Kilimanjaro´s summit (5985m) have been covered in snow. But this image is history. Now only a little spot of ice is around the crater. The snow cap of Mount Kilimanjaro, famed in literature and beloved by tourists will be gone completely in two decades, according to researchers who say the ice fields on Africa's highest mountain shrank by 80 percent in the last century.

Global Warning is the cause -say the researchers-. The Kilimanjaro mountain, in Swahili, the mountain that shines, have lost its sparkling.

The report blames the warmer climate for a gradual decrease in Africa's biodiversity, which it says is essential for sustaining the living habitat on the continent. 

The melting is taking place in Himalaya range too, and is here where the most important rivers in Asia spring. These seven rivers are basic for the crops and hydroelectric power which several million people live off.

The WWF report have been delivered to G-8 and warned that higher temperatures could lead to further desertification, higher ocean levels and more extreme weather.