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CPOM

Welcome to CPOM

The Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (CPOM) is a NERC Centre of Excellence that studies processes in the Earth’s polar latitudes that can affect the Earth’s albedo, polar atmosphere and ocean circulation, and global sea level.

CPOM uses theoretical and laboratory-derived information to form new models of interactions between the ice, ocean and atmosphere, and uses ground and satellite observations to test these and other climate models.


Latest News

20.01.22: The 10 climate papers most featured in the media in 2021 includes CPOM’s Cryosphere review paper of “Earth’s ice imbalance” 


20.01.22: CPOM’s latest publication lead by PhD researcher Anne Braakmann-Folgmann (University of Leeds) shows Mega iceberg released 152 billion tonnes of fresh water into ocean


08.11.21: World’s ice is melting faster than ever – join Andy Shepherd as he discusses how long-term satellite observations from ESA’s Climate Change Initiative are key in monitoring changes in ice sheets over decade.

 


02.11.21: CPOM research shows global warming has caused extreme ice melting events in Greenland to become more frequent and more intense over the past 40 years, raising sea levels and flood risk worldwide.

https://cpom.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/greenland_runoff_v3.0.mp4

31.10.21: CPOM PhD student Heather Selley’s research inspires glacier names to mark COP26


August 2021: Two fully funded studentships available – deadline 31st August 2021

 


07.05.21: CPOM Associate Tamsin Edwards leads study on projected land ice contributions to twenty-first-century sea level rise

 


23.04.21: CPOM contribute to the European State of the Climate 2020 Report

https://climate.copernicus.eu/sites/default/files/2021-04/ESOTC_2020_video_final.mp4

12.04.21: Watch Prof Andy Shepherd and Dr Tamsin Edwards Feature in the BBC One Documentary: Greta Thunberg – A Year to Change the World


21.04.21: Watch Heather Selley, CPOM PhD Researcher, talk about her work measuring changes in ice speed over the last 25 years in the Getz region of West Antarctica as part of the University of Leeds’s Climate Research LIVE webinar


23.02.2021: CPOM research student Heather Selley leads study showing glaciers in West Antarctica are moving more quickly from land into the ocean, contributing to rising global sea levels.


05.02.2021: Watch the International Space Science Institute’s webinar with Professor Andrew Shepherd (CPOM Director): “CryoSat – A Decade of Polar Altimetry”


25.01.21: CPOM research shows that global ice loss increases are at record rate

https://cpom.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/global_ice_animation_cumulative.mp4

 


28.12.20: Dr Tamsin Edwards features on BBC4’s Royal Institution Christmas Lectures 2020


23.12.20: CPOM scientists produce the first assessment of the changing shape of A68a, a giant iceberg heading towards Georgia


15.12.20: Dr Rosemary Willatt based at UCL awarded the Konrad Steffen Award at the ESA Polar Science Week conference.


03.12.20: Professor Seymour Laxon (1963-2013) and Dr Katharine Giles (1978-2013) amongst the 28 people honoured by new Antarctic place names


05.11.20: ESA has created a new online course, ‘EO from Space: The Cryosphere’, led by CPOM and the British Antarctic Survey (BAS)


17.09.20: CPOM researchers involved in NASA-led study, which shows ice sheets could add 39 centimetres to sea level by 2100


03.09.20: Sea level rise matches worst-case scenario

https://cpom.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/imbie_gris_ais_ipcc_hd.mp4


24.08.20: CPOM study shows that the earth has lost 28 trillion tonnes of ice in less than 30 years 


18.08.20: CPOM co-authors on study that supports predictions of complete loss of Arctic sea-ice by 2035


20.07.20: CPOM research on the front page of Time magazine

 


23.04.20: CPOM researchers contribute to the newly released Copernicus European State of the Climate Report 2019

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12.03.20: Six-fold increase in polar ice losses since the 1990s

https://cpom.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/March-2020_IMBIE-2-AIS-GrIS.mp4

21.02.20: Greenland losing ice ‘faster than expected’


 

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April 22: CRYO2ICE Greenland Campaign 2022

Follow the CPOM team on the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) CRYO2ICE campaign in Greenland, Spring 2022.

July 21: PODCAST with Dr Tom Slater and the Climate Scientists

Dr Tom Slater (CPOM Staff Researcher, University of Leeds) joins the Climate Scientists team to discuss remote sensing of ice sheets, the case for pragmatic climate optimism, & discovering a love of science after leaving school. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Feb 21: Being a scientist-mum: a report for UN Women and Girls in Science Day

Read about Rosie Willatt’s experience in her article written for UN’s Women and Girls in Science Day

July 20: Atmospheric Blocking and Greenland Melt

CPOM researchers Victoria Lee and Tony Payne have co-authored, alongside Robin S. Smith (NCAS), this article for the UK Earth system modelling project (UKESM) July newsletter.

Oct 19: How CPOM took me to the surface of Mars

Learn about Jake Davies' internship with CPOM and the career path it led to.

May 19: Diary of a climate scientist

Anna's fieldwork blog from Greenland, as featured in The Guardian, describes life as part of the European Space Agency land ice ground team, collecting valuable measurements that are used to validate satellite data.

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