Glacier Students newspaper

‘Shocked’ by the loss: Scientists sound the alarm on New Zealand’s melting glaciers

Every year scientists in New Zealand fly over some of the country’s most iconic glaciers – ancient ice “rivers” that descend from the Southern Alps, a spine of mountains that extend along the South Island. And almost every year, they find them shrinking. This year was no different. At the end of March, the team of scientists spent eight hours flying over...