NERC funding: Ice Sheet Stability

One area that is of interest to researchers is the break-up of ice sheets. This process and, in particular, how sea-ice behaves, might relate to this call from NERC for projects in ice sheet stability.

There will probably be four projects funded, in the following areas:

• Deliverable A: Increased understanding of the processes driving ocean heat transport on to and across the continental shelf towards ice shelves, and the sources of variability in that transport.
• Deliverable B: Increased understanding of the sub-ice shelf processes that lead to changes in the melt rate experienced by ice shelves
• Deliverable C: Increased understanding of the nature and dynamics of the processes controlling the response of Pine Island Glacier to grounding line migration.
• Deliverable D: Improved estimates of the contribution to sea level change from the Amundsen Sea Sector.

The announcement is here and the deadline is 22nd March 2011.