Climate change: How future Oz wild fires will worsen NZ's big glacier melt
16 May, 2021 01:28 AM
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Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research scientist Dr John Hunt collects snow at Fox Glacier soon after it was discoloured by dust from Australia's unprecedented bush fires. Photo / Phil Novis
Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research scientist Dr John Hunt collects snow at Fox Glacier soon after it was discoloured by dust from Australia's unprecedented bush fires. Photo / Phil Novis
Australia's catastrophic bush fires sent enough ash across the Tasman Sea to darken nearly all of the South Island's glaciers - compounding the already severe melting effect of climate warming.