Town Hall Meetings Announcement
Meetings Combined
NSF Division of Antarctic Sciences
Projecting Future Sea Level Rise from Land-Ice Loss
2010 AGU Fall Meeting
Moscone West, Room 3005
Thursday, 16 December 2010
12:30 to 1:30 p.m. PST
Organizers announce that the NSF Division of Antarctic Sciences and
"Projecting Future Sea Level Rise from Land-Ice Loss" town hall
meetings, both scheduled during the AGU Fall Meeting on Thursday, 16
December 2010 from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. PST, will be combined. They will be
conducted jointly in Moscone West, Room 3005.
The two meetings, regretfully, have been scheduled for the same time.
Because interest is anticipated from a similar group of researchers, the
organizers have agreed to split the time to avoid separate meetings.
Current plans are for the NSF Division of Antarctic Sciences meeting to
be allotted 20 minutes (handouts will be available) with the balance of
time devoted to the Land-Ice Loss discussion.
NSF's Division of Antarctic Sciences:
Funding Opportunities and Planning Activities
Many new funding opportunities and activities are under way in Antarctic
sciences. At this session, ongoing Antarctic research opportunities and
cross-directorate activities under NSF's Climate Research Investment
(CRI) and Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (SEES)
portfolios (Earth system modeling, ocean acidification, biodiversity,
and climate change education partnerships) will be discussed. Also,
updates will be provided on the new National Research Council Study,
"Review of the U.S. Antarctic program: Future science opportunities in
the Antarctic and Southern Ocean" (to inform a subsequent blue ribbon
review of infrastructure), as well as the new UNOLS Polar Research
Vessel Committee Science Mission Requirements Refresh Project.
Projecting Future Sea Level Rise From Land-Ice Loss:
Summary of a Science and Implementation Plan
Cosponsored by C, ED, NH
The purpose of this town hall meeting is to summarize a science and
implementation plan on "Projecting future sea-level rise from land-ice
loss" and to solicit community input and reaction prior to submitting
the final report to NSF. The original draft of the plan was developed by
37 scientists attending a workshop held in Herndon, Virginia, in July
2010 and is intended to provide guidance for an integrated,
interdisciplinary NSF or multiagency program aimed at improving
projections of sea level rise from land-ice loss.