Royal Society Event: Global impacts of climate extremes in the polar regions: is Antarctica reaching a tipping point?

This Royal Society meeting will be held from the 29th to the 30th of September in London, UK.

It will be led by a team of leading oceanographers and climate scientists from the British Antarctic Survey: Professor Katherine Hendry (also from the University of Bristol), Dame Jane Francis DCMG FRS, Professor Michael Meredith (also from the University of Cambridge), Professor Geraint Tarling, Dr Alexander Brearley, Professor Dominic Hodgson and Dr Peter Davis.

The past two years have witnessed unprecedented extremes in the Antarctic linked to climate change, including exceptionally low winter sea ice and accelerated melting of ice.

This scientific meeting will bring together scientists and stakeholders for an urgent discussion on what the scientific community knows about these recent climate events.

Speakers and attendees will explore whether events in the Antarctic represent a climatic tipping point, and what the global impact of crossing such a threshold will be.

There will be a poster session on Monday 29 September 2025. Attendees can apply to present a poster.

This meeting is free to attend and is intended for researchers in relevant fields.

Advance registration is essential. In-person and online attendance is available.

More information about the speakers, programme and how to register for this meeting can be found on the Royal Society website.