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Project Code [22/FFP-P/11229]
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Project title
Improving models of future ice-sheet and sea-level change though assessing the (in)stability of the former British-Irish Ice Sheet
Primary Funding Agency
Taighde �ireann-Research Ireland
Co-Funding Organisation(s)
Lead Organisation
Trinity College Dublin (TCD)
Lead Applicant
Not listed
Project Abstract
The rate and magnitude of future sea-level rise depends on the resilience of Earth's large ice sheets in the face of warming. Yet the potential (in)stability of large ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica in the years to come is uncertain. This project will map and date sediments deposited by the former British-Irish Ice Sheet during a period of sustained climatic change in order to reconstruct the response of the ice sheet to intervals of warming. The results of this work will improve future ice-sheet and sea-level models, future sea-level projections, and community sea-level adaptation plans in Ireland and beyond.
Grant Approved
�770,359.00
Research Hub
Climate Change
Research Theme
2. Ireland's Future Climate, its Impacts, and Adaptation Options
Initial Projected Completion Date
30/06/2028