This 1.5-day workshop will explore the degree to which short-term fluctuations and extreme events in the ice sheets (both Greenland and Antarctica) in the last two decades reflect their longer-term evolution and response to ongoing climate change. We will consider the interplay of forcings from the ocean and atmosphere and their interactions with ice-sheet changes on timescales of days to centuries. Information on the historical mass changes of both Greenland and Antarctica before the modern satellite era is distinctly limited but may be improved through the recent availability of new datasets, whilst the modelling community has embraced advancing computer capability and novel simulation approaches. We will discuss recent innovations and recommendations for the next 5-10 years that are required in observations, process studies and modelling efforts to make further major breakthroughs in understanding how ice sheets change and the resulting local to global impacts: for example in sea-level rise and extreme weather. Fully realising advances in climate and ocean models, as well as ice-sheet modelling, is an essential part of improving the understanding of ice-sheet changes and sensitivity. This workshop will consist of a mix of invited keynote talks and panel/discussion sessions that will address these crucial issues from a multi-disciplinary perspective.

We currently plan this to be an in-person event (COVID restrictions permitting). If you are interested in participating, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., putting "ISMASS Iceland workshop" in the subject header of your email. We envisage that at least 50 places will be available, possibly more depending on interest, and places will be allocated on a "first come, first served" basis. There is no registration charge but participants planning to attend the Cryosphere 2022 symposium during the same week (which has a very complementary programme) will need to register/pay for that.

Workshop sponsored by CliC, IASC and SCAR and affiliated with Cryosphere 2022.

For more information, see the ISMASS Workshop description.