Come rain or snow: extreme precipitation in Antarctica

Add to your list(s) Download to your calendar using vCal

• Dr Ella Gilbert, British Antarctic Survey (PolarRES project)
• Tuesday 03 December 2024, 11:00-12:00
• Chemistry Dept, Unilever Lecture Theatre and Zoom.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact .

The amount of ice locked up in the Antarctic ice sheets matters to all of us because it influences sea levels worldwide. And several regions have been losing ice at an accelerating rate in recent decades, including the West Antarctic and Antarctic Peninsula. Precipitation is the only factor that offsets ice losses, so influences the rate of sea level rise by moderating ice losses. Therefore, quantifying how much snow and rain falls – and under what circumstances – is of vital importance. In many regions, a high proportion of precipitation falls during extreme events, often associated with atmospheric features like storms and atmospheric rivers. In this talk, I will show some recent work exploring the drivers and consequences of extreme precipitation events in Antarctica, and try to place this within the context of recent and future climate change.

Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84652645593?pwd=YlVPl7p9f8a0ft9pRgYJPI5QlXxVci.1

This talk is part of the Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept. series.

This talk is included in these lists:

• All Talks (aka the CURE list)
• CamBridgeSens
• Cambridge Environment
• Cambridge talks
• Centre for Atmospheric Science seminars, Chemistry Dept.
• Chemistry Dept, Unilever Lecture Theatre and Zoom
• Climate Science Seminars within Cambridge
• Department of Chemistry
• Featured lists
• LCLU Departmental Talks
• Life Science Interface Seminars
• Queens' College Politics Society
• School of Physical Sciences
• Talks related to atmosphere and ocean dynamics and climate science
• Trust & Technology Initiative - interesting events

Note that ex-directory lists are not shown.