Glaciers have lost volume equivalent to a third of Lake Taupō since 2005

Glaciers lose a third of Lake Taupō in volume since 2005

Total glacier ice volumes plunged by 42% between 2005 and 2023, according to Statistics NZ.

Glaciers have lost volume equivalent to a third of Lake Taupō since 2005

Total ice volumes in Aotearoa shrank by 42 percent between 2005 and 2023.

Many small glaciers are already disappearing in the coming years. In the very best case in the Ötztal and Stubai region, only miserable remains remain

A study confirms that the glaciers in Austria are melting at a high speed. Experts warn that fast trade is necessary to save at least a part of it. However, the window of time is closing.

Environmental News Network - Glacier Melt Puts Unique Microbial Ecosystems Under Threat

A pioneering study has revealed how climate change is impacting glacier-fed streams and the essential microbiomes they contain – which could change radically by the end of this century.

In wind and rain: Glacier research under extreme conditions

It’s well known that the glaciers are melting. But how do researchers prove that is the case? Franziska Temme is a research associate at the Institute of Geography at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and has taken part in three field trips to the Cordillera Darwin ice field in South America. In a study, she has now determined the mass balance of the glaciers there using… Source