A new analysis has put the worsening decline of New Zealand’s postcard glaciers into bleak historical context: suggesting they’ve lost 80% of their ice since 1895. Half of that loss had come over the ...

New Zealand is home to just under 3,000 glaciers, covering about 794 square kilometers—equivalent to about 75% of Auckland's urban area. Many of these ice bodies are small.

World Glacier Day serves as a reminder of the indisputable impact that climate change has on our planet’s glacial formations. The resolution passed by the UN in December 2022 emphasizes the need for ...

Lauren Vargo against an aerial view of Hooker Glacier near Aoraki/Mt Cook. Photos / NIWA / Rebekah Parsons-King; Veronika Meduna Nearly a third. That’s the amount of ice lost from New Zealand ...

Planning a trip to New Zealand? Keep scrolling to find ... on the South Island’s stunning and wild, West Coast. This area is also known as glacier country, and nearby, you can explore two ...

New 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 an accelerating pace ...