NZ’s glaciers have already lost nearly a third of their ice – as more vanishes, landscapes and lives change
- Written by Shaun Eaves, Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Brewster Glacier is thinning and retreating because of extremely low retention of winter snow and high summer melt rates.Lauren Vargo/Victoria University of Wellington, CC BYNew Zealand ranks third globally in the proportion of ice lost from glaciers. Almost 30% of ice volume has melted during the past 24 years and what remains is disappearing at...





