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30.05.2022: Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics Colloquium
Dr Ed Gasson, University of Exeter: "The Antarctic Ice Sheet past and future: using paleoclimate data to constrain future sea level projections"
When? Monday, 30. Mai 2022 at 11 am
Where? ZOOM meeting room: https://geomar-de.zoom.us/j/81822513529?pwd=VFd6Um5PTW5EcjQxb3ZiU3g2alpFUT09
Meeting-ID: 818 2251 3529
Kenncode: 609841
The potential contribution from retreat of the Antarctic Ice Sheet remains the largest source of uncertainty in future sea level projections. This is caused in part by incomplete understanding of the processes governing ice sheet retreat and a lack of observational data to constrain ice sheet model physics. In this talk I’ll discuss efforts to use paleoclimate data to constrain ice sheet model physics from past warm intervals, the limitations of this approach, and ways of reducing uncertainty on paleoclimate and ultimately future sea level projections.
