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Impending Crises in the Cryosphere: Tipping Points and Their Consequences

Date: Thursday, 12 February 2026
Time: 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Location: Rutherford House
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This public panel event will feature international experts discussing cryospheric tipping points and their impacts followed by an audience Q&A facilitated by Radio New Zealand climate change journalist Kate Newton. See more information on our featured speakers below. Capacity limited to 250 tickets; register now to save your space!

About the panel

Kate Newton

RNZ | Climate Change Correspondent
Keynote and Panel Facilitator

Florence Colleoni

National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics, Italy
Topic: Melting polar ice sheets

Richard Levy

Earth Sciences New Zealand
Topic: Implications of sea-level rise

Petra Heil

British Antarctic Survey
Topic: Disappearing sea ice

Ben Marzeion

University of Bremen, Germany
Topic: Retreating glaciers

Liza Mack

Aleutian Pribilof Island Community Development Association, Alaska
Topic: An Arctic indigenous perspective