The ice2sea project has now finished. The synthesis report “From Ice to High Seas” is an overview of the key findings of the project, aimed at a general audience. … read more

Glaciers exist on every continent, but until now there has been no definitive source of information on where and how large they are, or indeed how many exist. This week, … read more

A number of floating ice shelves in Antarctica are at risk of disappearing entirely in the next 200 years, as global warming reduces their snow cover. Their collapse would enhance … read more

New models predict 3.5-10 mm sea-level rise over the next 20 years. An international team of scientists has shown that Pine Island Glacier, the largest single contributor to sea level … read more

Ice2sea has organised a series of briefings to policy makers in various European cities, as below:   Location Venue  Host  Date Speakers Brussels, Belgium European Parliament Chris Davies, MEP 27/5/12 … read more

Set up in response to concerns that projections on future sea-level rise were not precise enough, the European Commission’s FP7 funded ice2sea programme has increased certainty in this vital area … read more

PR No. 10/2013 A previously unknown canyon hidden beneath two kilometres of ice covering Greenland has been discovered by a group of scientists, led by a team from the University … read more

Concerns that melting water would speed up the decline of Greenland’s ice sheet have been allayed by new research which shows the lubricating effect of water beneath glaciers will not … read more

The contribution of the Greenland ice sheet to sea-level rise will continue to increase over the next 200 years but the balance of processes that lead to ice loss will … read more

Final meeting of ice2sea highlights sophisticated new modelling techniques to measure ice-melt contribution to future sea-level rise PR No. 07/2013 On Wednesday, 15th May scientists from the major European Union … read more