Last remaining glaciers in the Pacific will soon melt away
Monday, December 9, 2019 - 20:10
in Earth & Climate
The last remaining tropical glaciers between the Himalayas and the Andes will disappear in the next decade -- and possibly sooner -- due to climate change, a new study has found. The glaciers in Papua, Indonesia, are ''the canaries in the coal mine'' for other mountaintop glaciers around the world, said one of the researchers.