Indonesian Ice Field May Be Gone In A Matter Of Years

Indonesian Ice Field May Be Gone In A Matter Of Years


Columbus OH (SPX) Aug 17, 2010 -
Glaciologists who drilled through an ice cap perched precariously on the edge of a 16,000-foot-high Indonesian mountain ridge say that the ice field could vanish within in the next few years, another victim of global climate change. The Ohio State University researchers, supported by a National Science Foundation grant and the Freeport-McMoRan mining company and collaborating with Meteorol ... more
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