Ice and ClimatE Research at Sheffield (ICERS) is a research group based in the Department of Geography, University of Sheffield. Our group consists of staff, postdoctoral scientists, PhD students and MSc students.
We research scientific problems spanning the fields of glaciology, palaeoglaciology, climatology and Quaternary science with a focus on polar and alpine and formerly glaciated regions.
This exhibition of landscape photography will mark the launch of Vaibhav Kaul’s Himalayan field research project ‘Understanding and enhancing the adaptation and resilience of remote high-mountain communities to hydrometeorological extremes and related geophysical hazards in a changing climate’. The project … Continue reading
The University of Sheffield is hosting the UK Arctic Science Conference 2015, with financial and administrative support from the NERC Arctic Office. This three day conference aims to bring together UK Arctic scientists of all natural and social science disciplines … Continue reading
The RRS James Cook is due to set sail from Southampton on the 3rd of July carrying ICERS researchers. Part of the BRITICE-CHRONO project, the ship will set course around Scotland and through the North Sea. The aim of the … Continue reading
ICERS are exhibiting at the Royal Society’s prestigious 2015 Summer Science Exhibition in London will be discussing how glaciers around the world’s highest mountain (Mt. Everest, 8848m) are rapidly shrinking. The Vanishing Glaciers exhibit will be using striking photographs and data collected from expeditions to the Khumbu, Imja, Lhotse and Ngozumpa Glaciers in Nepal combined with hands-on experiments and 3-D models, to explain how glaciers in the Himalaya are responding to climate change and why this is important for humanity. Presenting our research at the Royal Society in London are Ann Rowan, James Douglas, Vaibhav Kaul and Camilla Rootes from ICERS, and glaciologists from the University of Leeds, Aberystwyth, Northumbria and Hertfordshire. Also joining the team at the Royal Society Summer Science exhibition is Mollie Hughes, one of the youngest British climbers to summit Everest.
The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition is a week-long science festival which features 22 exhibits from the forefront of British innovation. You can meet the scientists behind cutting edge science and technology exploring everything from cancer cells to plasma rockets. It’s free entry for all ages and runs from Tuesday 30th June to Sunday 5th July 2015. For more information visit: http://sse.royalsociety.org/2015/vanishing-glaciers/
