If the Southern Alps look different, it's because they're losing snow and ice
1 Aug 2014
By DR JIM SALINGER, PROF BLAIR FITZHARRIS and TREVOR CHIN.- A third of the permanent snow and ice of Southern Alps has disappeared, according to aerial surveys.
Since 1977, the Southern Alps' ice volume has shrunk by 18.4 km3 or 34 per cent, and those ice losses have been accelerating rapidly in the past 15 years, says new research based on National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research aerial surveys.
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