Last Glacier in the Pacific to Melt in a Matter of Years

Photo via Lincoln Hall There’s only one glacier left in the Pacific. It can be found on Puncak Jaya, a mountain range in isolated eastern Indonesia — for now. Lonnie Thompson, one of the world’s premier glaciologists, just finished a journey to the region to study the glacier, which he had previously assumed would remain there for at least a few more decades. His findings, however, now paint a different picture: the last glacier in the Pacific will have fully melted within the next couple of years. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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