ICE SHEETS AND GLACIERS IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM

Academic year
2024/2025 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
ICE SHEETS AND GLACIERS IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM
Course code
R26028 (AF:553370 AR:315359)
Modality
Online
ECTS credits
3
Degree level
Corso di Dottorato (D.M.226/2021)
Educational sector code
GEO/12
Period
Annual
Course year
1
Ice sheets are an important component of the climate system. Their vulnerability conditions climatic changes over polar to mid-latitude as well as global sea level change. This class focuses on understanding the ice sheet dynamics and their physical interactions with atmosphere and ocean and how they contribute to the ongoing and future sea level variations.
The course aims to give also a current review of recent research into processes and dynamics of the past interaction between the ice sheet and the Ocean. Lectures will cover arguments linked to glacial dynamics focusing on ice sheets (e.g. Antarctica, Greenland and the paleo Eurasian and Laurentide ice sheets). The course will explore those aspects: paleo ice sheet and marine depositional systems from observations (geophysical data and geological records) and paleo ice sheet and circulation modelling.
Definitive programme.