NZ's changing climate: west gets wetter, east gets drier
And everywhere gets warmer
By PAUL EASTON - The Dominion Post | Tuesday, 27 May 2008
New Zealand could get warmer by two degrees celsius over the next 80 years according to new data on the effects of climate change.
The Niwa study released today in Wellington says New Zealand is already experiencing climate change, with fewer frosts and retreating glaciers in the South Island.
By 2090 the west of the country is expected to get wetter, the east drier, and everywhere will get warmer.
Farmers in areas such as the North Island's east coast can expect more droughts, but other areas, for example Southland, could benefit from increased growing seasons.
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