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Will future Oz fires turn NZ snow as red as our skies?
5 Jan, 2021 09:20 PM
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Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research scientist Dr John Hunt collects ash-contaminated snow at Fox Glacier following Australia s unprecedented bush fires last summer. Photo / Phil Novis
Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research scientist Dr John Hunt collects ash-contaminated snow at Fox Glacier following Australia s unprecedented bush fires last summer. Photo / Phil Novis
When smoke from Australia s unprecedented bush fires turned Auckland skies a ghastly orange this time last year, few likely considered the impact it was having at the other end of the country. That was the added melting of our glaciers - coming after what had already been a horror few years for the tourist-drawing wonders.