Christina Hulbe
PhD
Glaciologist
University of Otago | Ōtākou Wakaihu Waka
Christina is studies the dynamics and mechanics of ice sheets and glaciers, with an emphasis on process-scale numerical models used to understand change at the century and shorter scale, guided by observational evidence from satellite remote sensing and field studies. While satellites reveal patterns in space and time that we could never observe from the ground, they don’t show us why those patterns are the way they are.
In the Antarctic Science Platform Christina works with an interdisciplinary team to connect the big picture with fundamental theories of ice flow and direct field observations that bring those theories to life. The focus this time around is on shear margins, critical boundaries that regulate how fast the ice flows, and rifts, large-scale crevasses that form at those boundaries.