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Ice lost from single glacier equal to 3 years of drinking water for New Zealand

by German Press Agency - DPA

WELLINGTON Jun 24, 2020 - 11:23 am GMT+3
Edited By Yasemin Nicola Sakay
The Southern Alps ice storage has been in decline since the 1970s. (iStock Photo)
The Southern Alps ice storage has been in decline since the 1970s. (iStock Photo)
by German Press Agency - DPA Jun 24, 2020 11:23 am
Edited By Yasemin Nicola Sakay
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A New Zealand glacier is thought to have lost so much ice over three years it could provide the drinking water for all New Zealanders over the same period, one of the country's research institutes said Wednesday.

Scientists estimate the Brewster Glacier, in the country's South Island, lost 13 million cubic meters of ice between 2016 and 2019, the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) said in a statement. Climate scientist Andrew Lorrey said Southern Alps range has lost 15.9 trillion liters of water over 40 years, which the NIWA believes is the amount a population the size of New Zealand today would use in 40 years.

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Lorrey said more snow was found on the glaciers this year than the previous two years, but warned it could not be considered any kind of recovery. It would take between 20 to 30 years like this one to "even start to consider whether the recent damage can be reversed to any degree," he said.

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