The Guardian Australia
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‘Planetary destruction on fast-forward’: witnessing the disappearance of Indonesia’s ‘eternity glaciers’
Researchers documenting Indonesia's last tropical glaciers on Puncak Jaya mountain in West Papua found the "eternal snow" has lost 95% of its area since 2002. The two remaining glaciers, known locally as "eternity glaciers," are projected to disappear by decade's end as climate change accelerates ice loss. Papua's glaciers lost 97% of their ice mass between 1980 and 2024.
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