Improving understanding of ice sheet and solid earth processes driving paleo sea level change
We’re happy to announce this year’s joint PALSEA-SERCE meeting scheduled for September 13-15, 2021, which will be an online and in-person hybrid meeting: participants can attend via Zoom or in-person at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (New York).
This meeting will focus on developing a better understanding of the physical processes that drive ice sheet collapse and solid earth deformation. These processes are highly uncertain due to a lack of observational constraints, yet they are the dominant drivers for local sea level change. Overcoming this uncertainty requires drawing from observations and expertise from a variety of fields complementary to PALSEA (Paleo Constraints on Sea Level Rise) and SERCE (Solid Earth Response and Influence on Cryospheric Evolution) including rheology, hydrology, glaciology, and geodesy. In this meeting, we aim to bring empiricists and modelers from the sea level and ice sheet communities together in order to unify solid Earth deformation and ice sheet evolution across time and spatial scales. Pairing our improved understanding of physical processes with enhanced paleo datasets will allow us to narrow in on ice sheet contributions to past and future sea level rise.
Abstract submission is now open. Submissions and registration are due on July 15th. Abstract selection and a full agenda will be announced on August 1st to allow sufficient time to plan travel for those who plan to do so.