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New Zealand’s Southern Alps lost 62% glaciers since 1600 – News Today One
The Southern Alps in New Zealand are the latest icy region to be devastated by global warming.
A study finds the mountains have lost up to 62 per cent of their glaciers since the end of the Little Ice Age, around 400 years ago.
This, according to the study, equates to a maximum ice loss of 73 square km (30 square miles), an area half the size of Liechtenstein.
By contrast, Patagonia, which is home to the largest body of ice in the southern hemisphere outside of Antarctica, has seen just 11 …
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