New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research [NIWA] has just carried out and published their annual aerial glacier survey, and for all sorts of reasons apart from their most experienced glaciologist taking part, and the pilot, a very experienced mountaineer, both being old friends and integral to it’s success, there is my own… Continue reading End of Summer Snowline Survey | NIWA
Category: Environments
The great New Zealand lupin debate and why it matters
First we need to talk about the lupin’s favoured environment being mainily the braided rivers which drain the Southern Alps – rivers that find it impossible to run in a straight line, and be anything other than dynamic. When in flood braided rivers carry sediment from the ever rising mountains [geologically speaking] and landslides that… Continue reading The great New Zealand lupin debate and why it matters
Letter: Aquifer concern | Stuff.co.nz
Trevor and Barbara Chinn, friends of mine who live by Lake Hawea, may have become very mindful of water quality by the proximity of many thousands of dairy cattle at nearby Hawea Flat. Trevor’s letter below should be read in the context of his lifetime’s work as an internationally acknowledged glaciologist… The South Island has… Continue reading Letter: Aquifer concern | Stuff.co.nz
Aoraki / Mount Cook National Parks – Mountain Huts in Crisis – A Case for the Malte Brun Range
This is an excellent summation by photographer Colin Monteath of hedgehoghouse.com of what man-made accelerated climate change is doing to our largest mountains, glaciers and huts around the Aoraki Mt Cook National Park. It came under much discussion at the recent Sustainable Summits 2016 Conference at Aoraki Mt Cook. Read more at Colin’s FaceBook Post… Continue reading Aoraki / Mount Cook National Parks – Mountain Huts in Crisis – A Case for the Malte Brun Range
NZ glacial shrinkage ~ a Radio New Zealand interview with glaciologist Trevor Chinn
Trevor and wife Barbara live nearby and it’s been a privilege to re-acquaint recently over a cup of tea, and share here some of Trevor’s knowledge… Kathryn Ryan speaks to glaciologist Trevor Chinn on the rapid shrinkage of the country’s glaciers. Over four decades Dr Trevor Chinn has photographed all of the South Islands glaciers,… Continue reading NZ glacial shrinkage ~ a Radio New Zealand interview with glaciologist Trevor Chinn