Frozen Threats: Understanding the Role of Ice Sheets in Sea Level Rise
LOCATION
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
In this talk, we delved into the world’s ice sheets and explore their importance in the climate system. Ice sheets are the largest stores of freshwater on the planet, their size and location means they influence our climate but their interactions with the atmosphere and ocean are complex. As the world warms, they will inevitable have an impact on sea level. Adapting to sea level rise will be one of our civilisations biggest and longest challenges, so understanding ice sheets is now of critical importance. They are also beautiful and fascinating environments in their own right. In this talk I discussed some of the scientific challenges, but also highlighted how far we have come in understanding ice sheets and glaciers.
Speaker
Dr. Ruth Mottram
Dr. Ruth Mottram is a climate scientist and glaciologist at the Danish Meteorological Institute. Born and brought up in the UK, she moved to Denmark after completing a PhD in iceberg calving at the University of St. Andrews an. She is a specialist in polar climate and the impact of climate change on the polar ice sheets both in Greenland and Antarctica, and she runs climate simulations on past and future climate to refine estimates of future sea level rise. She recently helped to establish a new field research project in northern Greenland focused on the impacts of ocean melting on iceberg calving from the Greenland ice sheet.
Aside from her research, Dr. Mottram is also interested in communicating the importance of climate science to the wider public and is a regular media commentator on Greenland climate and ice.
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In this talk, we delved into the world’s ice sheets and explore their importance in the climate system. Ice sheets are the largest stores of freshwater on the planet, their size and location means they influence our climate but their interactions with the atmosphere and ocean are complex. As the world warms, they will inevitable have an impact on sea level. Adapting to sea level rise will be one of our civilisations biggest and longest challenges, so understanding ice sheets is now of critical importance. They are also beautiful and fascinating environments in their own right. In this talk I discussed some of the scientific challenges, but also highlighted how far we have come in understanding ice sheets and glaciers.
Speaker
Dr. Ruth Mottram
Dr. Ruth Mottram is a climate scientist and glaciologist at the Danish Meteorological Institute. Born and brought up in the UK, she moved to Denmark after completing a PhD in iceberg calving at the University of St. Andrews an. She is a specialist in polar climate and the impact of climate change on the polar ice sheets both in Greenland and Antarctica, and she runs climate simulations on past and future climate to refine estimates of future sea level rise. She recently helped to establish a new field research project in northern Greenland focused on the impacts of ocean melting on iceberg calving from the Greenland ice sheet.
Aside from her research, Dr. Mottram is also interested in communicating the importance of climate science to the wider public and is a regular media commentator on Greenland climate and ice.
Registration
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED