Climate change-fueled landslides wiped out nearly one in 10 of the world’s rarest great ape species on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, scientists said on June 10.

Critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan population falls after extreme weather – fuelled by climate crisis – in North Sumatra

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En noviembre del año pasado, un solo episodio meteorológico en Sumatra, Indonesia, diezmó al orangután de Tapanuli; quedan menos de 800 ejemplares en estado salvaje

Cyclone Senyar pushed the Tapanuli orangutan - of which there are fewer than 800 left in the wild - even closer to extinction.

Severe rainfall in November 2025 on Indonesia’s Sumatra island killed an estimated 7% of the world’s rarest great ape species, the Tapanuli orangutan,...

JAKARTA: Landslides driven by climate change in Sumatra, Indonesia last year alone wiped out 7 percent of the Tapanuli orangutan population, new research shows, as scientists warn…

Environmental groups blame rapid deforestation for the devastating flood damage

Climate change-fueled landslides wiped out nearly one in 10 of the world’s rarest great ape species on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, scientists said on June 10.

Lo studio “Extreme rainfall further endangers the world’s rarest great ape”, pubblicato su Current Biology da un team internazionale di ricercatori, ha analizzato l'impatto del…