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SUMMARY:Ice ice baby\, under pressure: Ice-ocean interactions in and aroun
 d ice shelves - Jim Jordan (British Antarctic Survey\, Imperial College Lo
 ndon)
DTSTART:20170215T110000Z
DTEND:20170215T120000Z
UID:TALK71031@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Dr Christian Buckingham
DESCRIPTION:Very little of the Antarctic ice sheet experiences surface mel
 ting\; much of its ablation takes place under the floating extensions of t
 he sheet (ice shelves)\, which are exposed to ocean warming. Ice-shelf thi
 nning due to submarine melting has the potential to cause significant ice 
 loss from portions of the ice sheet\, and hence sea-level rise. Oceanograp
 hic and remote-sensing observations of this region in recent years have sh
 own a pattern of high ice-shelf melt rates coincident with widespread thin
 ning of grounded ice and therefore sea-level rise. However\, the processes
  by which ocean warming leads to ice-sheet loss via ice shelf instability 
 are poorly understood. Recent events on the Brunt and Larsen Ice Shelf sho
 ws both the importance and relevance of this understanding.\n\nThis talk w
 ill show highlights of work carried out over the last 5 years at the Briti
 sh Antarctic Survey into the field of ice-ocean interactions focussing on 
 three main areas\, namely ice-ocean interactions in ice shelf basal crevas
 ses\, the conditional instability of frazil ice growth in seawater and ful
 ly synchronous coupling of an ice stream\, ice shelf and ocean model.
LOCATION:British Antarctic Survey\, Innovation Centre\, Seminar Room 1
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