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SUMMARY:The biogeochemical fingerprint of melting ice - Kate Hendry\, Univ
 ersity of Bristol
DTSTART:20181212T140000Z
DTEND:20181212T150000Z
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CONTACT:Caroline Holmes
DESCRIPTION:The high-latitude regions are experiencing some of the most ra
 pid environmental changes observed anywhere in recent decades. The Greenla
 nd Ice Sheet\, for example\, is experiencing significant mass loss largely
  through surface melting but also via ice discharge at glacier fronts. As 
 well as changing freshwater budgets and ocean buoyancy\, there has been in
 creasing focus on the role of glaciers and ice sheets in supplying organic
  material and inorganic nutrients to marine systems. The extent to which t
 hese nutrients reach the coastal oceans and\, eventually\, mix via boundar
 y currents off the shelf and into the open ocean is poorly constrained and
  still a matter of lively debate.\n\nHere\, I'll be introducing project IC
 Y-LAB (Isotope Cycling in the Labrador Sea)\, which aims to take a holisti
 c\, multi-disciplinary field approach in quantifying the influence of glac
 ial meltwaters and other active processes on biogeochemical cycling in hig
 h-latitude margins. Our preliminary results already highlight the impact o
 f significant glacial discharge on nutrient supply to shelf and slope wate
 rs\, as well as surface and benthic production in these regions. Ongoing w
 ork will use a wider range of geochemical and oceanographic analyses to pr
 obe further into modern nutrient cycling in this region\, as well as palae
 oclimatological approaches to investigate changes in glacial meltwater dis
 charge through time.\n
LOCATION:British Antarctic Survey\, Innovation Centre\, Seminar Room 1
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