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Collaborative Research: How fast do tidewater glaciers melt? Quantifying the processes tha — NSF Award to Tufts University (MA, $2

Sea-level rise will affect millions of people in coastal communities within the next several decades. Accurate predictions of how quickly it will rise is challenging because it depends on many different processes and how these processes interact with and feedback on each other. One process that may play a surprisingly

Award titleCollaborative Research: How fast do tidewater glaciers melt? Quantifying the processes tha
Award ID2528827
AwardeeTufts University
CityMEDFORD
StateMA
Amount obligated$208,083
Principal investigatorRebecca Jackson
ProgramANS-Arctic Natural Sciences
Start date02/01/2025
AbstractSea-level rise will affect millions of people in coastal communities within the next several decades. Accurate predictions of how quickly it will rise is challenging because it depends on many different processes and how these processes interact with and feedback on each other. One process that may play a surprisingly large role is the effect of small swirls and eddies (only a few feet across) of warm water that control the rate of ice melt at the near-vertical cliff faces of the world’s marine-
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