Hi guys,
Bad news I’ve read on the net. The Tasman Glacier is shrinking pretty fast. It shrank 7 kilometers (4.35 miles) in the last 18 years, and its melting pace these days is the fastest comparing to recent times! As a result of the meltdown a lake has formed near the glacier, and now it is 7km (4.4 miles) long and 245 meters deep. More bad news is that the ice cliff at the glacier terminal is receding fast – about 180 meters each year, which is partially because of the lake. Scientists say that lake enlargement will speed up the glacier’s melting pace to 500-800 meters per year.
The good news are that Tasman Glacier won’t disappear completely since after loosing another 9km lake will hit the side of the mountains and will be forced to stop.
Of course there are many different opinions on this issue and some scientists say that melting rate will drop because of several factors but this whole shrinking issue gives me the creeps.
I hope that Tasman Glacier will stop melting, and will start expanding… but not too much
If anyone has an idea how we can help make it happen, please leave a comment or send me an email.

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