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Robin Roberts shares up-close look at New Zealand's glaciers
ABC News ^ | 2/2/23 | Nicole Curtis, Eboni Griffin, Kelly McCarthy

Posted on 02/02/2023 4:30:16 PM PST by DallasBiff

New Zealand is full of stunning, natural beauty and home to nearly 3,000 glaciers, which are huge tourist destinations. But the glaciers are quickly vanishing due to rising temperatures.

Robin Roberts visited Rotorua on an expedition of a lifetime and shared a first-hand look at the shrinking ice.

First, she suited up to hop in a helicopter for a bird's-eye view of the dangerously thin ice, which scientists call a critical part of the climate crisis.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


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KEYWORDS: helicopter; hypocrisy; newzealand; robinroberts
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To: DallasBiff

Glaciers have been advancing and retreating throughout geological history. Human activity has nothing to do with it.


21 posted on 02/02/2023 5:28:06 PM PST by beethovenfan (The REAL Great Reset will be when Jesus returns. )
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To: Ann Archy
New Zealand Seasons

New Zealand does not have a large temperature range, lacking the extremes found in most continental climates. However, New Zealand weather can change unexpectedly - as cold fronts can quickly blow in. Because of this, you should be prepared for sudden changes in weather and temperature if you are going hiking or doing other outdoor activities.

Spring
September, October, November

Average daytime temperature: 16 - 19°C (61 - 66°F)

Summer
December, January, February

Average daytime temperature: 20 - 25°C (68 - 77°F)

Autumn
March, April, May

Average daytime temperature: 17 - 21°C (62 - 70°F)

Winter
June, July, August

Average daytime temperature: 12 - 16°C (53 - 61°F)

Sorry, bit it's the last month of summer right now south of the equator. Winter down there occurs in our summer months here, north of the equator. But the weather doesn't change much during the seasons.

22 posted on 02/02/2023 5:29:04 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: DouglasKC

No, you were correct, it is summer in NZ right now since they are south of the equator.


23 posted on 02/02/2023 5:30:27 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Ann Archy

February is the warmest month in most of New Zealand. Think it was a coincidence that Robin Roberts was sent there now to hype (hemispheric) warming?


24 posted on 02/02/2023 5:32:43 PM PST by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: DallasBiff

How is a glacier a glacier if it isn’t melting? Isn’t that what glaciers do? If they didn’t, we would be in an ice age.


25 posted on 02/02/2023 5:38:28 PM PST by ConservativeInPA (Stupidly is a moral problem, not an intellectual problem. )
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To: DallasBiff

“The rapid retreat has created a long-term threat to locals who deeply rely on glacier tourism.”

I thought the long-term threat was a rise in sea level.

Learn something new every day./s


26 posted on 02/02/2023 5:43:22 PM PST by logitech (If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. ~El Rushbeaux)
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To: Ann Archy

smh


27 posted on 02/02/2023 5:46:04 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Robert DeLong

Are those average winter temps near sea level? Or is it an average of all elevations?

They got the ice and snow somehow. Hard for it to accumulate if the cold front isn’t there at least half the time in winter.


28 posted on 02/02/2023 6:36:24 PM PST by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: Zuriel
I would imagine in the inhabited arears.

New Zealand Seasons

To be honest none of what I saw looked like glaciers to me, just snow covered mountains. NZ is about 9000 miles from the north pole, 3,000 miles from the south pole, and about 3,000 miles from the equator. those are all rough estimates.

Okay I was pretty close.

North pole: 8,764.32 mi (14,104.81 km) How far is Auckland from the North Pole? Auckland is located 8,764.32 mi (14,104.81 km) south of the North Pole.

Equator: 2,545.91 mi (4,097.25 km) How far is Auckland from the equator and on what hemisphere is it? Auckland is 2,545.91 mi (4,097.25 km) south of the equator, so it is located in the southern hemisphere.

South pole: 3,671.81 mi (5,909.20 km) How far is it from Auckland to the South Pole? From Auckland to the South Pole, it is 3,671.81 mi (5,909.20 km) in the north.

29 posted on 02/02/2023 7:11:48 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: DallasBiff

Volcanoes, summer, of course glaciers shrink.


30 posted on 02/03/2023 3:59:06 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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