Light refreshments will be provided.

Location: Akasofu Building, Room 401

Abstract: Glaciers and ice sheets are major contributors to ongoing sea level rise as a consequence of a warming climate. Since non-negligible amounts of mass loss of glaciers and ice sheets are accounted for by ice discharge, ice dynamics are key to understanding future mass changes. While studies of ocean-terminating tidewater glacier dynamics are relatively well conducted, understanding of lake-terminating glacier dynamics and glacier-lake interactions remains insufficient. In the seminar, Shuntaro Hata, from Japan’s National Institute of Polar Research, will share how he uses satellite remote sensing to study lake-terminating glaciers in Patagonia affected by rapid lake level lowering, and the distribution and discharge of an ice-marginal lake on the periphery of the Antarctic Ice Sheet.