Referencing paleo sea-level records for the last 20, 000 years, as well as archaeological records and data from earlier warm periods, the workshop will consider the implications for current sea-level science and the potential of the data to inform future responses to warmer climates.
The global distribution of sea level is complex but understanding the extent and distribution is fundamental to allow human adaptations. Local sea-level records from the past can help ‘fingerprint’ which ice sheets contributed to individual episodes of sea-level rise in the past using isostatic models and help us to understand the distribution of future sea-level rise.
Speakers from Bristol include Mark Siddall from Earth Sciences; Paul Valdes, Jonathan Bamber and David Richards from Geographical Sciences; as well as Dave Pollard from Penn State University; John England from the University of Alberta; Glenn Milne from the University of Ottawa and Kurt Lambeck from Australia National University. Guests from government organisations and funding bodies will also be present.
Further details and a programme can be found at http://eis.bris.ac.uk/~glyms/workshop3.html.