Indonesia's only glaciers could disappear by next year due to global warming, an expert has said, in a phenomenon that may affect the island's flora and fauna including indigenous species.The glaciers -- on the 4,862-meter-high peak Puncak Jaya located in the Jayawijaya Mountains in the Indonesian part of the island that the country shares with Papua New Guinea -- are called "eternal snow" by locals. They are the last remaining ones in tropical western Pacific, said Donaldi Sukma Permana from Indonesia's Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency.Donaldi, who leads a team from th…READ FULL ARTICLE
