Visit shows Papua glacier in swift decline
Saturday, July 17, 2010 - 13:07
in Earth & Climate
The Indonesian glacier was pounded by rain during a research team's 13-day stay, something one scientist hadn't seen in decades of drilling ice cores. By the time they left, ice had melted 1 foot. Lonnie Thompson spent years preparing for his expedition to the remote, mist-shrouded mountains of eastern Indonesia, hoping to chronicle the affect of global warming on the last remaining glaciers...