The Last Glaciers of Indonesia
Tropical ice sheets are “canaries in the coal mine” when it comes to climate change.
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Tropical ice sheets are “canaries in the coal mine” when it comes to climate change.
Record-high temperatures are threatening two tropical glaciers in Indonesia; if the glaciers disappear, the sea level will rise.
Between 2010 and 2021, the glaciers thinned from about 105 feet thick to just over 26 feet.
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