Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok and Reuters
Fri 25 Aug 2023 06.17 EDT
Two of the world’s few tropical glaciers, in Indonesia, are melting and their ice may vanish by 2026 or sooner... the country’s geophysics agency has said…
“The glaciers might vanish before 2026 or even faster, and El Niño could accelerate the melting process,” said Donaldi Permana, a climate researcher at the agency.
He said little could be done to prevent the shrinking, and the event could… cause a rise in the global sea level within a decade.
We are now in a position to document the glaciers’ extinction,” Donaldi said. “At least we can tell future generations that we used to have glaciers.”
The complete meltdown of Indonesia's glaciers which cover 2.8 km2, and have a total ice volume of 1/10th of a cubic kilometer, would raise sea level by almost 1/100 of the thickness of a hair in President Trump's mug shot.
