Predicting sea-level rise: introducing SURFEIT | British Antarctic Survey

Are recent climate-linked extreme conditions in Antarctica one-off events? Or can we expect them to occur more often? Those are pretty crucial questions, because they change the forecast of how quickly ice sheets will melt, and how quickly sea levels will rise.
SURFEIT, or "Surface Fluxes in Antarctica" is a new UK National Capability project led by British Antarctic Survey to help predict sea level rise.
SURFEIT will bring together the international scientific community to analyse and model physical key processes in Antarctica in unprecedented detail. These processes include the formation of polar clouds, how warmer conditions influence snowfall, how liquid water and solid ice interact, and how to apply models and forecasts more precisely to smaller and more specific Antarctic regions.
Together, the research programme seeks to reduce the uncertainty in predicting ice sheet change and sea level rise at a time when society is facing the effects of climate change and policymakers need the best evidence on how Antarctica will contribute to this change. As such, an important part of the project is to pass on the findings to decision makers and the public as they become available.
Read more on the SURFEIT website: surfeit.ac.uk/

[@terrylocke4652]

Scaremongerors I’m a fisherman and can see the change, and there is is a change, but how you can say it’s humans in the life cycles of the earth amazes me😮

[@georgewaters6424]

It bears repeating, Antartica has many metres of sea level rise locked within it.

[@terrylocke4652]

We may see sea levels rising😂good science!

[@JakShiit]

williams is telling lies