Inaugural Professorial Lecture: Chasing ice in a warming world
University of Otago Professor Nicolas Cullen will presenting on his research that spans the subfields of meteorology and climatology, and currently focuses on understanding how the coldest regions on Earth are responding to climate change. This focus is motivated by the urgent need to assess the impacts of ice loss from glaciers and ice sheets on sea level rise and the decline of seasonal snow on water resources.
Date: Wednesday 29th November 2023.
Time: 5.30 to 7pm.
Location: Online.
Cost: FREE.
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Nicolas has worked extensively on glaciers in the Southern Alps and the Greenland ice sheet, as well as in Antarctica and a number of tropical glaciers, including Africa’s highest mountain Kilimanjaro. His research has led to new understanding of glacier and ice sheet response to anthropogenic and natural climate variability, as well as providing new insights into the role of extreme weather events on precipitation and snow melt in alpine regions.