the 150-year-old feud over glacial retreat
- Written by Ciaran Doolin, PhD candidate, School of Science in Society, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Haast’s 1866 watercolour painting of the Lyell Glacier. Alexander Turnbull Library (A-149-003), CC BY-NC-NDClimate change may seem a uniquely 21st-century concern, but people have been wrestling with the idea for a long time.
My new research sheds light on the heated debate among New Zealand scientists during the 1860s and 1870s over the...





