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Two thousand kilometres away

"Snow and glaciers in New Zealand have turned brown after being exposed to dust from the Australian bushfires, with one expert saying the incident could increase glacier melt this season by as much as 30%."https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/02/new-zealand-glaciers-turn-brown-from-australian-bushfires-smoke-ash-and-dustAlmost like some scene from a J.G. Ballard novel from the 1960s. And yet I'd almost forgotten the Amazon fires already.

David Ainsworth ● 2505d3 Comments

And for those on the forum who distrust the Grauniad it's in the Torygraph as well ...https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/01/02/smoke-australias-bushfires-shrowds-new-zealand-glaciers-turn/

Michael Ixer ● 2505d

Good old Telegraph - some of the letters under the article put the blame for this disaster on the "Greenies", or add that the indigenous Australians had for many thousands of years been destroying or altering the bush.

David Ainsworth ● 2505d

predictable from the Telegraph I suppose- if you're on twitter there's an interesting account : Cormac Farrell (who has 10 years experience in upgrading bushfire infrastructure) says that anyone claiming this is either a climate change denier or is after land clearance - he's worth a read - you don't have to have an account  @jagungal1

Lynne McNulty ● 2504d