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The Fifth Floor: The end of the 'eternal' glacier?

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Carstensz Glacier

12/08/2022 GMT

The end of the 'eternal' glacier?

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Indonesia's 'eternal' glacier, living on borrowed time

As a rare glacier in Indonesia's Papua province disappears, BBC Indonesian's Valdya Baraputri and BBC Mundo’s Alejandra Martins discuss threats to glaciers in their regions.

Indonesia's famous 'Eternity Glacier' in Papua province is shrinking fast, and experts say it could disappear by 2024.  Meanwhile many of the glaciers of the Andes in South America are also on the retreat. Valdya Baraputri of BBC Indonesian and BBC Mundo's Alejandra Martins share this story of climate change in their regions.

Black and Arab
How are black people across the Arab region affected by racism? For BBC Arabic, Nareeman Dosa reports from Tunisia, the first Arab country to make racial discrimination a criminal offence. Nareeman is a black woman of Sudanese heritage and her documentary, Black and Arab, also led to discoveries about her own identity.

India and Pakistan: 75 years after Partition
To mark 75 years since India and Pakistan’s independence and the Partition, BBC Hindi and BBC Urdu have collaborated to make a podcast series called Baat Sarhad Paar or Conversations Across The Border. Big names from music, art and literature in both countries discuss their shared culture and how this chapter of history affects people today. Asif Farooqi of BBC Urdu and Rupa Jha from BBC Delhi explore the connections. 

Goodbye to Bangkok's 'fast and furious' Number 8 bus 
The buses operating on Bangkok's Number 8 route are famous for their sometimes alarming speed and reckless driving, earning them the nickname 'fast and furious'. But the authorities have decided to remove them from the roads. BBC Thai's Tossapol Chaisamritpol was a frequent traveller on the Number 8 and shares his  stories.

(Photo: Carstensz Glacier. Credit: Gr8ph1cs via gettyimages)

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