Balai Besar Meteorologi Klimatologi dan Geofisika (BBMKG) wilayah Jayapura memprediksi salju abadi di Puncak Cartenz Jayawijaya, Kabupaten Mimika, Papua Tengah terancam punah pada tahun 2026.
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00:00The BBMKG of the Jayapura region through the Papua Climatology Station predicted that
00:07eternal snow at the peak of Kartans Jayawijaya was expected to melt in 2026.
00:14In a video released by Antara in Jayapura on Thursday, January 30, the head of the Papua
00:21Climatology Station, Sulaiman, said that the melting of this eternal snow is due to global
00:26warming.
00:28In addition to the factor of climate change, the high rainfall in the region also affects
00:32the acceleration of snow melting.
00:35The decrease in area and thickness of snow has been observed over the past few years.
00:42Based on the results of research by the BBMKG and Ohio University in 2010, the thickness
00:48of snow is still 32 meters.
00:51But in 2024, the thickness of snow was only 4 meters.
01:21Sulaiman added that the decrease in ice or snow at the top of Kartans Jayawijaya, at a
01:38height of 4,884 meters above sea level, affects the weather in the Mimika region of Central
01:45Papua, which can be hotter than usual.
01:49Antara News Agency Team reported.