A  database of New Zealand snow and ice literature is available at http://www.zotero.org/groups/sirg.

A database of Antarctic literature is available at http://www.coldregions.org/antinfo.htm

Articles about New Zealand Snow and Ice and/or by members of the NZ Snow and Ice Research Group from the last 3 years are found below.

2025,

Brett, G.M., Gardiner, N.B., Hawes, I., Kim, S., Rack, W., Irvin, A., Langhorne, P.J., Haas, C., 2025. Drill hole measurements of land-fast sea ice and sub-ice platelet layer thicknesses, fast ice freeboard, and snow depth in Gerlache Inlet, north Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica in November 2021 – University of Otago. Dataset. https://doi.org/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.968740

Brett, G.M., Gardiner, N.B., Langhorne, P.J., Rack, W., Haas, C., Irvin, A., Kim, S., 2025. Ice Shelf Water-Influenced Fast Ice and Sub-Ice Platelet Layer Near the Campbell Ice Tongue, Terra Nova Bay. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 130, e2024JC021342. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC021342

Doolin, C., 2025. A “desolate … country in those pleistocene times”? The problem of climate change during the Ice Age debate in New Zealand, 1860–80. International Review of Environmental History 11, 33–70. http://doi.org/10.22459/IREH.11.01.2025

Dussaillant, I., Hugonnet, R., Huss, M., Berthier, E., Bannwart, J., Paul, F., Zemp, M., 2025. Annual mass change of the world’s glaciers from 1976 to 2024 by temporal downscaling of satellite data with in situ observations. Earth System Science Data 17, 1977–2006. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-1977-2025

Eaves, S., Anderson, B., Gray, R., 2025. Under what climate conditions were the New Zealand subantarctic islands glaciated? Quaternary Science Reviews 349, 109124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.109124

Ezzat, L., Peter, H., Bourquin, M., Busi, S.B., Michoud, G., Fodelianakis, S., Kohler, T.J., Lamy, T., Geers, A., Pramateftaki, P., Baier, F., Marasco, R., Daffonchio, D., Deluigi, N., Wilmes, P., Styllas, M., Schön, M., Tolosano, M., De Staercke, V., Battin, T.J., 2025. Diversity and biogeography of the bacterial microbiome in glacier-fed streams. Nature 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08313-z

Göbel, C.F., Arigony-Neto, J., Jaña, R., Gomez-Fell, R., de Almeida Espinoza, J., Fernandoy, F., Goodwin, I.D., 2025. Snow-Deposition Characteristics from X-Band Polarimetric SAR and Geospatial Analysis at Union Glacier, Antarctica. J Indian Soc Remote Sens. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-025-02119-w

Kerr, T., Purdie, H., Bealing, P., Schumacher, B., Katurji, M., Datta, R., Zawar-Reza, P., 2025. Crevasse effects on glacier surface temperature from thermal imagery. Journal of Glaciology 71, e51. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2025.7

Kneib, M., Maussion, F., Brun, F., Carcanade, G., Farinotti, D., Huss, M., van Tiel, M., Jouberton, A., Schmitt, P., Schuster, L., Dehecq, A., Champollion, N., 2025. Topographically-controlled contribution of avalanches to glacier mass balance in the 21st century. Nat Commun 16, 10122. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65608-z

Kuma, P., Bender, F.A.-M., McDonald, A.J., Alexander, S.P., McFarquhar, G.M., Cassano, J.J., Plank, G.E., Hartery, S., Parsons, S., Garrett, S., Schuddeboom, A.J., Possner, A., 2025. Ship-Based Lidar Evaluation of Southern Ocean Low Clouds in the Storm-Resolving General Circulation Model ICON and the ERA5 and MERRA-2 Reanalyses. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 130, e2024JD043145. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JD043145

Martin, J., Dadic, R., Anderson, B., Pirazzini, R., Wigmore, O., Vargo, L., 2025. How flat is flat? Investigating snow topography and the spatial variability of snow surface temperature on landfast sea ice using UAVs in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. The Cryosphere 19, 6103–6126. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-6103-2025

Michailos, K., Chamberlain, C.J., Simpson, G., Cox, S.C., Townend, J., Vargo, L.J., Oestreicher, N., Miller, M.S., 2025. Temporal Evolution of Seismicity in the Central Southern Alps, New Zealand: Evidence for Rainfall-Triggered Seismicity. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 26, e2025GC012317. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GC012317

Oyarzún, R., Duhalde, D., Arumí, J.L., Boll, J., MacDonell, S., 2025. Understanding Hydrological Dynamics in Andean Basins: An Isotope-Based Study in Arid North-Central Chile. Hydrological Processes 39, e70066. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70066

Price, D., Snodgrass, J., Rack, W., Purdie, H., Hulbe, C., Wild, C.T., Stevens, C., Marsh, O.J., Ryan, M., McDonald, A., Gragg, K., Forbes, M., 2025. Basal reflectance and melt rates across the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica, from grounding line to ice shelf front. Journal of Glaciology 1–32. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2025.10

Rouyet, L., Bolch, T., Brardinoni, F., Caduff, R., Cusicanqui, D., Darrow, M., Delaloye, R., Echelard, T., Lambiel, C., Ruiz, L., Schmid, L., Sirbu, F., Strozzi, T., 2025. Rock Glacier Inventories (RoGI) in 12 areas worldwide using a multi-operator consensus-based procedure. Earth System Science Data Discussions 1–45. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2024-598

Purdie, H., Kerr, T., Robson, B., Anderson, B., Lorrey, A.M., Rack, W., Brasington, J., Bealing, P., 2025. Mass balance characteristics of the ‘vanishing’ Rolleston Glacier, New Zealand. Annals of Glaciology 66, e31. https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2025.10032

Wang, Q., Fan, S., Richards, D.H., Worthington, R., Prior, D.J., Qi, C., 2025. Evolution of crystallographic preferred orientations of ice sheared to high strains by equal-channel angular pressing. The Cryosphere 19, 827–848. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-827-2025

Zemp, M., Jakob, L., Dussaillant, I., Nussbaumer, S.U., Gourmelen, N., Dubber, S., A, G., Abdullahi, S., Andreassen, L.M., Berthier, E., Bhattacharya, A., Blazquez, A., Boehm Vock, L.F., Bolch, T., Box, J., Braun, M.H., Brun, F., Cicero, E., Colgan, W., Eckert, N., Farinotti, D., Florentine, C., Floricioiu, D., Gardner, A., Harig, C., Hassan, J., Hugonnet, R., Huss, M., Jóhannesson, T., Liang, C.-C.A., Ke, C.-Q., Khan, S.A., King, O., Kneib, M., Krieger, L., Maussion, F., Mattea, E., McNabb, R., Menounos, B., Miles, E., Moholdt, G., Nilsson, J., Pálsson, F., Pfeffer, J., Piermattei, L., Plummer, S., Richter, A., Sasgen, I., Schuster, L., Seehaus, T., Shen, X., Sommer, C., Sutterley, T., Treichler, D., Velicogna, I., Wouters, B., Zekollari, H., Zheng, W., The GlaMBIE Team, 2025. Community estimate of global glacier mass changes from 2000 to 2023. Nature 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08545-z

2024,

Brett, G.M., Leonard, G.H., Rack, W., Irvin, A., Haas, C., Langhorne, P.J., 2024. Late spring 2018 land-fast sea ice and sub-ice platelet layer thicknesses from electromagnetic induction soundings along transect West-East-EM-Transect_20181101 in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. https://doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.968702

Brett, G.M., Leonard, G.H., Rack, W., Haas, C., Langhorne, P.J., Robinson, N.J., Irvin, A., 2024. Seasonal and diurnal variability of sub-ice platelet layer thickness in McMurdo Sound from electromagnetic induction sounding. The Cryosphere 18, 3049–3066. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-3049-2024

Brett, G.M., Leonard, G.H., Rack, W., Irvin, A., Haas, C., Langhorne, P.J., Smith, I.J., 2024. Winter 2018 time-series measurement of land-fast sea ice and sub-ice platelet layer thicknesses from electromagnetic induction soundings in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica – University of Otago. https://doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.968700

Hook, G., Lorrey, A., 2024. Depiction and Description: Insights into Southern Alps Glaciers Conveyed by John Gully’s Paintings and Julius Haast’s Paper at the Royal Geographical Society. The Journal of New Zealand Studies. https://doi.org/10.26686/jnzs.iNS38.9581

Hofer, J., Seifert, P., Liley, J.B., Radenz, M., Uchino, O., Morino, I., Sakai, T., Nagai, T., Ansmann, A., 2024. Aerosol-related effects on the occurrence of heterogeneous ice formation over Lauder, New Zealand ∕ Aotearoa. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 24, 1265–1280. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-1265-2024

Richter, M.E., Leonard, G.H., Smith, I.J., Langhorne, P.J., Parry, M., 2024. The Interannual Variability of Antarctic Fast-Ice Thickness in McMurdo Sound and Connections to Climate. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 129, e2023JC020134. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JC020134

Salinger, M.J., Trenberth, K.E., Diamond, H.J., Behrens, E., Fitzharris, B.B., Herold, N., Smith, R.O., Sutton, P.J., Trought, M.C.T., 2024. Climate Extremes in the New Zealand Region: Mechanisms, Impacts and Attribution. International Journal of Climatology 44, 5809–5824. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.8667

Wang, W., Wang, J., Qiu, J., Chen, X., 2024. Anti-phase glacier fluctuations on the millennial-scale on the southern Tibetan Plateau and New Zealand during the last glacial period. Quaternary Science Reviews 329, 108565. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108565

Wigmore, O., Molotch, N.P., n.d. Snow drifts as a driver of alpine plant productivity as observed from weekly multispectral drone imagery. Ecohydrology n/a, e2694. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2694

Winkler, S., 2024. Improved chronological constraints for Holocene rock glacier activity in the Ben Ohau Range, Southern Alps/New Zealand. The Holocene 09596836241297654. https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836241297654

Winton, V.H.L., Charlier, B.L.A., Jolly, B.H., Purdie, H., Anderson, B., Hunt, J.E., Dadic, R., Taylor, S., Petherick, L., Novis, P.M., 2024. New Zealand Southern Alps Blanketed by Red Australian Dust During 2019/2020 Severe Bushfire and Dust Event. Geophysical Research Letters 51, e2024GL112782. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL112782

Yates, A.S., Caudron, C., Mordret, A., Lesage, P., Pinel, V., Lecocq, T., Miller, C.A., Lamb, O.D., Fournier, N., 2024. Seasonal Snow Cycles and Their Possible Influence on Seismic Velocity Changes and Eruptive Activity at Ruapehu Volcano, New Zealand. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 129, e2024JB029568. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JB029568

2023,

Abrahim, B.N., Cullen, N.J., Conway, J.P., Sirguey, P., 2023. Applying a distributed mass-balance model to identify uncertainties in glaciological mass balance on Brewster Glacier, New Zealand. Journal of Glaciology 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.123

Harrowfield, D.L., Mabin, M.C.G., 2023. The Possession Islands Ross Sea Antarctica: A history of exploration and scientific endeavour at a Ross Sea archipelago since the first landing in 1841. Polar Record 59, e13. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247422000390

Hofsteenge, M.G., Cullen, N.J., Conway, J.P., Reijmer, C.H., Broeke, M.R. van den, Katurji, M., 2023. Meteorological drivers of melt at two nearby glaciers in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica. Journal of Glaciology 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2023.98

Lambiel, C., Strozzi, T., Paillex, N., Vivero, S., Jones, N., 2023. Inventory and kinematics of active and transitional rock glaciers in the Southern Alps of New Zealand from Sentinel-1 InSAR. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 55, 2183999. https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2023.2183999

MacDonell, S., Farías, P.N., Aliste, V., Ayala, Á., Guzmán, C., Díaz, P.J., Schaffer, N., Schauwecker, S., Sproles, E.A., Francisco, E.Y.S., 2023. Snow and ice in the desert: reflections from a decade of connecting cryospheric science with communities in the semiarid Chilean Andes. Annals of Glaciology 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2023.51

Miller, A.D., Redpath, T.A.N., Sirguey, P., Cox, S.C., Bartelt, P., Bogie, D., Conway, J.P., Cullen, N.J., Bühler, Y., 2023. Unprecedented Winter Rainfall Initiates Large Snow Avalanche and Mass Movement Cycle in New Zealand’s Southern Alps/Kā Tiritiri o te Moana. Geophysical Research Letters 50, e2022GL102105. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL102105

Miller, A., Jones, A., Smallwood, M., Bogie, D., Sirguey, P., Redpath, T., Bartelt, P., 2023. Performance Of The Kitchener Path Protection Berm During The Historic July 2022 Avalanche Cycle, Southern Alps, New Zealand. International Snow Science Workshop Proceedings 2023, Bend, Oregon 846–853.

Morgan-Richards, M., Marshall, C.J., Biggs, P.J., Trewick, S.A., 2023. Insect Freeze-Tolerance Downunder: The Microbial Connection. Insects 14, 89. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14010089

Morris, S., Thompson, K., 2023. Investigation Of An Autonomous Ultra-Long-Distance Terrestrial Laser Scanner To Monitor The Seasonal Snowpack & Avalanche Conditions Above The Milford Road, New Zealand. International Snow Science Workshop Proceedings 2023, Bend, Oregon 1487–1493.

Muir, R., Eaves, S., Vargo, L., Anderson, B., Mackintosh, A., Sagredo, E., Soteres, R., 2023. Late glacial climate evolution in the Patagonian Andes (44–47° S) from alpine glacier modelling. Quaternary Science Reviews 305, 108035. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108035

Novis, P.M., Podolyan, A., Kodner, R., 2023. New Zealand isolates from snow of the widespread algal genus Raphidonema assigned to a single species. New Zealand Journal of Botany 0, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/0028825X.2023.2193341

Novis, P.M., Dhami, M., Podolyan, A., Matsumoto, M., Kodner, R., 2023. The austral biflagellate Chloromonas rubroleosa (Chlorophyceae) is the closest relative of the unusual quadriflagellate genus Chlainomonas, both found in snow. Journal of Phycology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13318

Paul, F., Baumann, S., Anderson, B., Rastner, P., 2023. Deriving a year 2000 glacier inventory for New Zealand from the existing 2016 inventory. Annals of Glaciology 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2023.20

Purdie, H., 2023. Revisiting the Nun’s Veil, in: Adventures in Climate Science: Scientists’ Tales From the Frontiers of Climate Change. Woodslane Press, Sydney.

Richter, M.E., Leonard, G.H., Smith, I.J., Langhorne, P.J., Mahoney, A.R., Parry, M., 2022. Accuracy and precision when deriving sea-ice thickness from thermistor strings: a comparison of methods. Journal of Glaciology 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.108

Roche, M., 2022. The “Rediscovery” of Reginald Ford and his New Zealand Antarctic Lectures, 1905 to 1926. Polar Record 58, e39. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247422000341

Roda-Boluda, D.C., Schildgen, T.F., Wittmann, H., Tofelde, S., Bufe, A., Prancevic, J., Hovius, N., 2023. Elevation-Dependent Periglacial and Paraglacial Processes Modulate Tectonically-Controlled Erosion of the Western Southern Alps, New Zealand. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 128, e2023JF007271. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JF007271

Tielidze, L.G., Eaves, S.R., Norton, K.P., Mackintosh, A.N., Pedro, J.B., Hidy, A.J., 2023. Early glacier advance in New Zealand during the Antarctic Cold Reversal. Journal of Quaternary Science n/a. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3495

Zhang, Z., Jiang, L., Sun, Y., Sirguey, P., Dumont, M., Liu, L., Gao, N., Gao, S., 2023. Reconstruction of Annual Glacier Mass Balance from Remote Sensing-Derived Average Glacier-Wide Albedo. Remote Sensing 15, 31. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15010031

Zheng, Y., Golledge, N.R., Gossart, A., Picard, G., Leduc-Leballeur, M., 2023. Statistically parameterizing and evaluating a positive degree-day model to estimate surface melt in Antarctica from 1979 to 2022. The Cryosphere 17, 3667–3694. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3667-2023

2022,

Abrahim, B.N., Cullen, N.J., Conway, J.P., 2022. A decade of surface meteorology and radiation fluxes at Brewster Glacier in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. International Journal of Climatology 42, 1612–1631. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.7323

Ahsan, M.H., 2022. Dynamics and evolution of Fox Glacier in the Southern Alps of New Zealand (Masters thesis). Politecnico di Torino, Turin.

Audet, A.C., Putnam, A.E., Russell, J.L., Lorrey, A., Mackintosh, A., Anderson, B., Denton, G.H., 2022. Correspondence Among Mid-Latitude Glacier Equilibrium Line Altitudes, Atmospheric Temperatures, and Westerly Wind Fields. Geophysical Research Letters 49, e2022GL099897. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL099897

Borzecki, J., 2022. The long-term impacts of glacier retreat on runoff in the Waitaki Catchment, New Zealand (Masters Thesis). Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington. https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.19579378

Carrivick, J.L., Sutherland, J.L., Huss, M., Purdie, H., Stringer, C.D., Grimes, M., James, W.H.M., Lorrey, A.M., 2022. Coincident evolution of glaciers and ice-marginal proglacial lakes across the Southern Alps, New Zealand: Past, present and future. Global and Planetary Change 103792. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103792

Cody, E., 2022. Quantifying hillslope response to glacier retreat : landslide mechanics, processes and impacts : a dissertation presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Geography at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand (Thesis). Massey University.

Conway, J.P., Abermann, J., Andreassen, L.M., Azam, M.F., Cullen, N.J., Fitzpatrick, N., Giesen, R., Langley, K., MacDonell, S., Mölg, T., Radic, V., Reijmer, C.H., Sicart, J.-E., 2022. Cloud forcing of surface energy balance from in-situ measurements in diverse mountain glacier environments. The Cryosphere Discussions 1–35. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2022-24

Garcia, R., 2022. Mapping the Retreat of the Debris-Covered Tasman Glacier in the Aoraki-Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand (Masters thesis). University of Arizona.

Gomez-Fell, R., Rack, W., Purdie, H., Marsh, O., n.d. Parker Ice Tongue collapse, Antarctica, triggered by loss of stabilizing land-fast sea ice. Geophysical Research Letters n/a, e2021GL096156. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL096156

Hargreaves, L., 2022. Vanishing Ice Stories of New Zealand Glaciers. Potton and Burton.

Lorrey, A.M., Vargo, L., Purdie, H., Anderson, B., Cullen, N.J., Sirguey, P., Mackintosh, A., Willsman, A., Macara, G., Chinn, W., 2022. Southern Alps equilibrium line altitudes: four decades of observations show coherent glacier–climate responses and a rising snowline trend. Journal of Glaciology 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.27

Miller, A., Sirguey, P., Morris, S., Bartelt, P., Cullen, N., Redpath, T., Thompson, K., Bühler, Y., 2022. The impact of terrain model source and resolution on snow avalanche modelling. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussions 1–38. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2022-97

Moore, E.M.M., Eaves, S.R., Norton, K.P., Mackintosh, A.N., Anderson, B.M., Dowling, L.H., Hidy, A.J., 2022. Climate reconstructions for the Last Glacial Maximum from a simple cirque glacier in Fiordland, New Zealand. Quaternary Science Reviews 275, 107281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107281

Purdie, H., Zawar-Reza, P., Katurji, M., Schumacher, B., Kerr, T., Bealing, P., 2022. Variability in the vertical temperature profile within crevasses at an alpine glacier. Journal of Glaciology 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.73

Purdie, J., 2022. Modelling climate change impacts on inflows, lake storage and spill in snow-fed hydroelectric power catchments, Southern Alps, New Zealand. Journal of Hydrology (New Zealand) 61, 151–178. https://doi.org/10.3316/informit.622279673546423

Roche, M., 2022. The “Rediscovery” of Reginald Ford and his New Zealand Antarctic Lectures, 1905 to 1926. Polar Record 58, e39. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247422000341

Tielidze, L.G., Eaves, S.R., Norton, K.P., Mackintosh, A.N., Hidy, A.J., 2022. Cosmogenic 10Be constraints on deglacial snowline rise in the Southern Alps, New Zealand. Quaternary Science Reviews 286, 107548. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107548

Williams, R.D., Griffiths, H.M., Carr, J.R., Hepburn, A.J., Gibson, M., Williams, J.J., Irvine-Fynn, T.D.L., 2022. Integrating historical, geomorphological and sedimentological insights to reconstruct past floods: Insights from Kea Point, Mt. Cook Village, Aotearoa New Zealand. Geomorphology 398, 108028. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.108028

Zawierucha, K., Stec, D., Dearden, P.K., Shain, D.H., 2022. Two New Tardigrade Genera from New Zealand’s Southern Alp Glaciers Display Morphological Stasis and Parallel Evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107634. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107634