Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/S006672/1
NSFPLR-NERC: GHOST (Geophysical Habitat of Subglacial Thwaites)
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr AM Brisbourne, NERC British Antarctic Survey, Science Programmes
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr R Arthern, NERC British Antarctic Survey, Science Programmes
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr E King, NERC British Antarctic Survey, Science Programmes
- Grant held at:
- NERC British Antarctic Survey, Science Programmes
- Science Area:
- Atmospheric
- Earth
- Freshwater
- Marine
- Overall Classification:
- Unknown
- ENRIs:
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Glacial processes
- Sea level rise
- Climate & Climate Change
- Earth Resources
- Crustal processes
- Seismic waves
- Sea level change
- Glacial & Cryospheric Systems
- Antarctic ice
- Ice flow models
- Ice streams
- Hydrogeology
- Flow modelling
- Geophysical surveying
- Groundwater
- Sediment/Sedimentary Processes
- Glacial processes
- Ice streams
- Seismicity
- Subglacial lakes
- Abstract:
- Costs of rapid sea level rise globally to infrastructure (houses, roads, and farms, etc.) is likely to be large. A possible source of water for sea level rise is the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, and Thwaites Glacier in particular. Ice sheets and glaciers contain vast quantities of water (in the form of ice) that is continually shed to the ocean, and continually replenished by snowfall (from water that evaporates from the oceans). If the amount of ice that Thwaites Glacier loses to the ocean over the next decades is much greater than the amount it receives as snowfall, then sea level in all the world's oceans would rise, possibly as much as a meter (approximately 3 feet). In order to estimate how likely such a catastrophic scenario would be, we need to better understand the surface over which Thwaites Glacier slides. If we can better characterize that layer ("is to smooth? Is it rough? Is it soft? Is it hard?"), then computer models of Thwaites would be much improved and we can make better projections of the amount of ice that Thwaites Glacier would shed to the ocean.
- Period of Award:
- 31 Aug 2018 - 1 Oct 2025
- Value:
- £987,360 Lead Split Award
Authorised funds only
- NERC Reference:
- NE/S006672/1
- Grant Stage:
- Awaiting Event/Action
- Scheme:
- Directed (RP) - NR1
- Grant Status:
- Active
- Programme:
- Thwaites Glacier
This grant award has a total value of £987,360
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| DI - Other Costs | Indirect - Indirect Costs | DA - Investigators | DA - Estate Costs | DI - Staff | DI - T&S | DA - Other Directly Allocated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £155,218 | £288,361 | £138,603 | £83,798 | £210,685 | £62,342 | £48,351 |
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