Les Houches School of PhysicsSince 1951

The mass loss of ice stored in glaciers and on the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheet is one of the most pressing challenges facing humanity today, as it drives more than half of the observed sea-level change today and is expected to increasingly contribute as the climate warms. Large scale climate models are currently not capable of simulating these mass losses, partially due to gaps in our understanding of the underlying processes. This discrepancy calls for a concerted effort to refine our models through interdisciplinary research that combines controlled laboratory experiments, direct numerical simulations, climate modeling, and large-scale observational studies. This workshop aims to bring together experts from various disciplines, including fluid dynamics, climatology, oceanography, glaciology, and climate modeling.