Newsable: spoiler alert, record breaking temperatures are bad news for glaciers
Newsable is brought to you by BNZ . At one point this week, Wednesday (NZT) was the hottest day ever recorded. It was a short-lived record, because the following day (Thursday), was even hotter again , according to the US National Centres for Environmental Prediction. However, the chances are that record could soon be broken, too, with climate scientists predicting further hottest day on records soon to follow. READ MORE: * Beijing heat wave clouds long weekend and sets multi-day temperature record * Many of New Zealand's 'skeletal' glaciers will be gone in a decade * It's official: Extreme NZ glacial melting pinned on humans Newsable speaks with Lauren Vargo, a glaciologist at Victoria University in Wellington, about the impacts these record-breaking temperatures will have. Below is an edited transcript of the interview, which you can listen to in full via the player above or here . What are the implications here for glaciers? Glaciers respond pretty directly to changes in temperature. So, as temperatures get warmer, glaciers melt even faster. Glaciers melting are one of the biggest contributors to sea levels rising. Why is it so hot at the moment? So the big one is just this is a long-term trend of temperatures increasing. We know temperatures have risen about 1.1 degrees (on average) since about 100 years ago. But on top of that, we have entered an El Nino year - in New Zealand [that] actually makes temperatures maybe a little cooler than usual, but globally it makes temperatures warmer than usual. Newsable is Stuffs daily news podcast, wrapping up whats worth talking about in a short package every weekday morning. You can find new episodes and more detail on our stories here or in our newsletter . Make sure to like and follow us wherever you get your podcasts and across Instagram and TikTok .