Public lecture: Slip slidin’ away—glaciers and ice sheets in a warming climate
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Glaciologist and geophysicist Professor Sridhar Anandakrishnan will present the 21st S. T. Lee public lecture, titled “Slip slidin’ away: glaciers and ice sheets in a warming climate”, on 1 April 2025 in Wellington.
Professor Anandakrishnan works in the Department of Geosciences at Pennsylvania State University in the US. His research focuses on understanding how the fast-flowing glaciers of Antarctica and Greenland work and how they are changing. These glaciers figure prominently in global sea-level rise projections.
In his lecture, Professor Anandakrishnan will explain the glacier hydrologic system and outline the potential of glaciers in Antarctica and Greenland to significantly raise global sea-levels in coming decades. He will also offer insights into how his research can inform modelling of projected ice sheet change.
Lecture details
6–7 pm, Tuesday 1 April 2025
Lecture Theatre 1, Rutherford House
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
33 Bunny Street, Pipitea, Wellington
The S. T. Lee lecture is presented annually by the Victoria University Foundation and Te Puna Pātiotio—Antarctic Research Centre in honour of Dr Lee Seng Tee, whose philanthropic support for scholarship helped establish distinguished lecture series at academic institutions throughout the world.
Register here for the lecture. For more details, contact Professor Robert McKay, Director, Antarctic Research Centre.
