Recent landslides in Indonesia devastated rare orangutans, study finds
Researchers said climate-linked landslides wiped out about 58 orangutans and stripped roughly 20,500 acres of forest in the West Block.
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West Hawaii TodayRecent landslides in Indonesia devastated rare orangutans, study finds
The critically endangered Tapanuli orangutans found on the Indonesian island of Sumatra are a step closer to extinction, scientists found, after landslides last year that were fueled by climate change. The post Recent landslides in Indonesia devastated rare orangutans, study finds appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
A single cyclone amplified by climate change killed 7% of Tapanuli orangutans, the world's rarest great ape, in just four days last year, according to... A cyclone pushes the rarest great ape species to extinction - ΙΝΑΦΤΕΜΟΠΟΡΙΚΙ
A single cyclone, fuelled by climate change, killed in just four days 7% of the Tapanuli Urangutans, a endangered species. They died by drowning, suffocation from the slippery...
A recent study published in the "Current Biology" states that approximately 7% of Tapanuli's orangutans have been killed by landslides resulting from a cyclone at the end of 2025. A demographic disaster for a species already particularly threatened and exacerbated by climate change.
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