Scientists say New Zealand’s glaciers are in retreat as a result of climate change .

Photograph: Jon Bower New Zealand/Alamy

New Zealand’s glaciers are becoming “smaller and more skeletal” due to the effects of climate change and scientists predict many could disappear within a decade.
An annual end-of-summer survey that records the snowline of more than 50 South Island glaciers has revealed continued loss of snow and ice.
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