Spring 2022 I am offering a Calderwood Seminar in Public Writing through the University of Washington: Science and Society in a Changing Climate (HONORS 222C / ESS 490F). Details related to this course can be found at the links below: Syllabus Continue reading
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Calderwood Seminar in Public Writing – Winter 2021
Winter 2021 I am offering a Calderwood Seminar in Public Writing through the University of Washington: Science and Society in a Changing Climate (HONORS 221D / ESS 490H). Details related to this course can be found at the links below: Syllabus Continue reading
Arctic sea ice and international policy
On this page I will post information relevant to the University of Washington Winter 2020 Task Force course with co-instructor Nadine Fabbi through the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. Also see the UW Study Abroad course listing. Seminars and events Relevant links UW Arctic and Northern Studies Library Guide Featured image: 2019 Arctic … Continue reading
Spring 2019 reading seminar
This quarter the group is following the theme of outlet glaciers, loosely defined. Here is what we are reading! 1. Recent work on Jakobshavn Glacier Khazendar et al. (2019) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-019-0329-3 Joughin et al. (2014) https://www.the-cryosphere.net/8/209/2014/tc-8-209-2014.html 2. Reconstructions of a Cordilleran Ice Sheet outlet glacier Kovanen and Slaymaker (2004) https://atmos.washington.edu/marka/okanoganlobe.pdf 3. Catania G. A., Stearns, L. A., Sutherland, D. A., Fried, … Continue reading
Fall 2018 reading seminar
A log of the papers that the group read this quarter under the theme of ‘Inverse theory’: Week 1/2: Monte-carlo methods with demonstrations by Daniel and David Week 3: Brinkerhoff et al. (2016), Bayesian Inference of Subglacial Topography Using Mass Conservation. Frontiers in Earth Science. Week 4/5: Tarantola (2005), Inverse problem theory and methods for … Continue reading
Fall 2018: ESS 490C – Exploration Seminar group meeting
During Fall quarter, our Exploration Seminar group we will continue to meet and keep the discussions and interactions going! See the main page for a summary of the early-Fall start Exploration Seminar. For class participants, all of the presentations during Fall quarter will be shared on the Drive here Final reports are due 30 … Continue reading
Exploration Seminar: September 5-9
Written by Emily W., Eunice, Betz September 5 Starting our day early, and fueled by jet lag and general exhaustion, we headed out from our hostel toward the train, minus Team Taxi (aka, those injured in our effort to survive Greenland: Emily Johnson, Eunice, and Katie) and John. Navigating the Copenhagen train/metro system proved difficult … Continue reading
Exploration Seminar: September 1-4
Written by Emily J., Alden, Karl September 1st Our day started with the general chaos that ensues when you pack your life back into the tiny bag that you’ve been schlepping around for weeks. Getting 17 people and their belongings packed up and ready to move had only gotten easier in the past few weeks … Continue reading
Exploration Seminar: August 27 – August 31
August 27th (Monday) We got onto the coastal ferry on the night of the 26th, hopeful that this boat experience would be slightly less traumatic. HC waited behind with Katie to take a cab to the ferry terminal since her ankle was still bothering her, but no taxi ever came… A hostel employee ended up … Continue reading
Exploration Seminar: August 21 – 26
Written by Sarah August 21 The day started with a lecture at 10 am in one of Hotel Arctic’s conference room. It had a beautiful overlooking view of the bay and icebergs. The lecture discussed changes seen in the Greenland Ice Sheet. At 2:20 we walked over to the history museum, which overlooks the water … Continue reading
Exploration Seminar: 15 – 20 August 2018
Aug 15: On the first day of our program, I took the 5C bus southeast towards downtown where I would check in at 3pm at the hostel and meet my fellow students who had also decided to adventure to Greenland in the month before school started. I had two backpacks balanced on the front and … Continue reading
Spring 2018 reading seminar
Topic is glaciers and here is the reading list: 1. Rasmussen, L.A. and H. Conway (2001). Estimating South Cascade Glacier (Washington, U.S.A.) mass balance from a distant radiosonde and comparison with Blue Glacier. J. Glaciol., 47 (159). 2. Kamb and LaChapelle, 1964: Direct Observation of the mechanism of glacier sliding over bedrock. 3. Waddington & … Continue reading
Exploration Seminar to Greenland / Denmark
This page provides a summary of the 2018 Exploration Seminar to Greenland and Denmark. Follow the posts written by the incredible group of 14 University of Washington undergraduate students that detail activity during the class: 15-20 August 21-26 August 27-31 August 1-4 September 5-9 September This program has received generous support from the Scan|Design Foundation. … Continue reading
Sea-level change: state of science and societal implications
This quarter I am offering a new course in undergraduate Honors for Winter quarter 2018 at University of Washington. Here is a link to information about the course, listed as Honors 221C: https://honors.uw.edu/courses/current/ The focus of this course is on the basic science of glacier and ice-sheet change due to changes in the climate system. … Continue reading
Fall 2017 reading seminar
Week 1: IPCC (2013) report on Sea Level Change See also: IPCC FAQ, Real Climate assessment Week 2: Llovel et al. (2014), Deep-ocean contribution to sea level and energy budget not detectable over the past decade. Nature Climate Change 4, 1031-1035. Purkey, S.G. and G.C. Johnson (2010), Warming of global abyssal and deep Southern Ocean … Continue reading
Spring 2017 reading seminar
We had a seminar with papers on a not-so-specific theme this quarter. And read some work from a few here at UW. Here is a recap: Week 1: Colgan, W., H. Machguth, M. MacFerrin, J. D. Colgan, D. van As, and J. A. MacGregor (2016), The abandoned ice sheet base at Camp Century, Greenland, in … Continue reading
Fall 2016 reading seminar
This quarter we are reading papers about the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream (NEGIS). week 1: Fahnestock et al. (2001), High Geothermal Heat Flow, Basal Melt, and the Origin of Rapid Ice Flow in Central Greenland. Science 294, 2338. Joughin et al. (2001), Observation and analysis of ice flow in the largest Greenland ice stream. Journal … Continue reading
Fall 2015 reading seminar: glacier variability
This quarter, Gerard Roe suggested something a bit different for a reading seminar, inspired in part by visiting professor Jamie Shulmeister and in part by paleo-glacier puzzles. The topic is ‘The Natural Variability of Glaciers’. Here is Gerard’s introduction: The widespread and ongoing retreat of glaciers is a powerful totem of anthropogenic climate change. Moreover, … Continue reading
Spring 2015 group reading seminar
This quarter we are reading “papers that we know, and want to share”. No specific theme, just that all of us are meeting and discussing things together that we are otherwise thinking about individually. Week 1: Schroeder, D., D. Blankenship, and D. Young (2013), Evidence for a water system transition beneath Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica. … Continue reading
Winter 2015 group reading seminar: Calving
This quarter we are reading papers about ice calving. Here is what we have been reading and discussing: Week 1: Benn, Warren, Mottram (2007), Calving processes and the dynamics of calving glaciers. Earth Science Reviews 82, 143-179. Week 2: van der Veen, C.J. (1996), Tidewater calving. Journal of Glaciology 42 (141), 375-385. Week 3: van … Continue reading
Fall 2014 group reading seminar: Modeling
For Fall quarter the Glaciology Group is holding the reading seminar on the very general theme, “Modeling / “Ice-flow modeling”. This will inevitably follow the interest of the group and cannot attempt to be comprehensive in only 10 weeks. Here is what we have been reading and discussing: Week 1: Oerlemans, J. (2011). Minimal Glacier … Continue reading
UW courses for glaciology students
There are many great graduate-level courses at the University of Washington, and many with a focus in glaciology. Check the course listing for quarter and year offered, but these course titles (among others) should be considered for students in our glaciology graduate program: Principles of Glaciology / The Cryosphere Geophysical Continuum Mechanics Scientific Writing and … Continue reading
Spring 2014 group reading seminar: Ice from far away and long ago
During Spring quarter 2014 the Glaciology Group reading seminar (ESS 593b) is about “ice from far far away and from long long ago”. The start of the quarter this has included ice on other planets and moons. Here I will keep a log of the papers that we are reading. Week 1: Schmidt et al. … Continue reading