Past and future changes in ice sheets and sea level

冰盖和海平面过去和未来的变化

• 批准号: RGPIN-2018-06355
• 负责人: Milne, Glenn
• 金额: $ 5.46万
• 依托单位: University of Ottawa
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=713261
• 关键词: Past; future; changes; ice; sheets

Sea-level change is one of the primary hazards associated with current and expected global warming. A number of different processes will contribute to sea-level change at global and regional scales. One of the most important is future melting of ice sheets (Greenland and Antarctic). In Canada, as well as other high latitude regions that experienced glaciation during the last Ice Age, ongoing land motion as the Earth recovers from unloading of ice is another important contributing process. For example, coastal areas of Atlantic Canada are experiencing enhanced sea-level rise because of land subsidence due to this effect. The proposed research will contribute to our understanding of past and future sea-level change in Canada and elsewhere due to melting of the Greenland ice sheet and ongoing land motion associated with the last Ice Age. This will be done by developing and testing, through comparison with observations, computer models that simulate the underlying processes. Two aims will guide the research: one that focuses on improving and testing computer software used to simulate past and future changes in the Greenland ice sheet, and one that will improve the models used to calculate the effects of past ice unloading by adding three-dimensional structure within the Earth model. The improved models will then be used to produce future projections of sea-level change around Canadian coasts for the next century and beyond. The resulting projections will be used by provincial governments, local planners and stakeholders to assess risk associated with future sea-level rise. The research program will support the training of students at graduate and undergraduate levels.

海平面变化是与当前和预期的全球变暖相关的主要危害之一。许多不同的过程将导致全球和区域尺度上的海平面变化。其中最重要的是未来冰盖的融化（格陵兰岛和南极）。在加拿大，以及在上一个冰河时期经历过冰川的其他高纬度地区，随着地球从冰的卸载中恢复，正在进行的陆地运动是另一个重要的贡献过程。例如，加拿大大西洋沿岸地区正在经历海平面上升加剧，因为由于这种影响，地面沉降。