Programme Description

 

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The ice2sea programme has obtained €10M in funding from the EU Framework 7 (FP7) for four years of research. The 24 institutional partners in ice2sea will work together to quantify the contribution of continental ice to sea-level rise over the next 200 years.

 

We will do this through an integrated programme that includes:

 

- targeted studies of key processes in mountain glacier systems and ice caps (e.g. Svalbard, Patagonia), and in ice sheets in both polar regions (Greenland and Antarctica);

 

- improved satellite determinations of changes in continental ice mass;

 

- development and implementation of ice-sheet/glacier models to generate detailed projections of the contribution of continental ice to sea-level rise over the next 200 years.

 

We will deliver these results in forms accessible to scientists, policy-makers and the general public, which will include clear presentations of the sources of uncertainty.

 

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