February 15, 2018
By Sean Breslin
There are glaciers – and snowfall – near the equator, for a limited time only. (click here)
Images released by NASA's Earth Observatory show the rapid retreat of ice near Puncak Jaya, a towering peak in the Indonesian province of Papua. Over the course of just a few decades, several glaciers near the 16,020-foot peak have retreated at a blistering pace or disappeared entirely, as seen in the animated image above.
"The ice area losses since the 1980s here are quite striking, visible in the contrast of the blue ice with the reddish bedrock," Christopher Shuman, a research professor at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, told NASA. "Even though the area still gets snowfalls, it is clearly not sustaining these glacial remnants."...
By Sean Breslin
There are glaciers – and snowfall – near the equator, for a limited time only. (click here)
Images released by NASA's Earth Observatory show the rapid retreat of ice near Puncak Jaya, a towering peak in the Indonesian province of Papua. Over the course of just a few decades, several glaciers near the 16,020-foot peak have retreated at a blistering pace or disappeared entirely, as seen in the animated image above.
"The ice area losses since the 1980s here are quite striking, visible in the contrast of the blue ice with the reddish bedrock," Christopher Shuman, a research professor at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, told NASA. "Even though the area still gets snowfalls, it is clearly not sustaining these glacial remnants."...
December 5, 2017
