‘Planetary destruction on fast-forward’: witnessing the disappearance of Indonesia’s ‘eternity glaciers’
Researchers racing to document Oceania’s last tropical glaciers found the remaining ‘eternal snow’ in Indonesia’s West Papua region has lost almost all its ice Mapping the last glaciers in Oceania – in pictures An expedition to document the end days of the last tropical glaciers in Oceania has revealed sombre footage of “planetary destruction on fast-forward”. The once-mighty ice sheets on Puncak Jaya, a mountain surrounded by dense rainforests in West Papua, Indonesia, have survived beyond proj
Andes
East Africa
Indonesia
Klaus Thymann
Oceania
Project Pressure
Puncak Jaya
West Papua
Évolution chronologique
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« Destruction planétaire en accéléré » : le constat alarmant sur la disparition des glaciers éternels d'Indonésie
Les glaciers tropicaux du Puncak Jaya, en Papouasie occidentale, ont perdu 95 % de leur superficie depuis 2002. Une expédition scientifique a documenté leur disparition imminente,...