I am familiar with glacial retreat. To many, the most famous retreat is probably the one occurring at Mount Kilimanjaro of Kenya, Africa. On whether this is a proof of global warming, I will leave you to decide on it.
Kilimanjaro however is perhaps too far away for average Malaysians like me to relate to. Worry not however because there is a closer example of glacial retreat: Puncak Jaya. Puncak Jaya is the highest mountain in Indonesia with the height of 4,884 m. That means it is higher than Mount Kinabalu of Malaysia. It is located in West Papua.
Wikipedia has an animation that illustrates the glacial retreat at Puncak Jaya:
Nothing less than dramatic, yes?
The entire glacier is expected to melt by 2016, less than 10 years from now.
Where exactly is Puncak Jaya? Thanks to Google, here it is:
I hope the familiar features of Borneo and Australia is enough for many to recognize the location of the mountain.
For more similar animations, please visit the provided link to a page at Wikipedia, just before the animation.
If you are wondering what the hell is the hole in the middle of the 2003 picture, it is a copper mine.