ESA CS CryoTipping (2025 - 2028)

CryoTipping combines Earth Observation and numerical modelling to detect marine ice sheet instabilities in the Amundsen Sea Sector, with a focus on Thwaites glacier.

In CryoTipping, we will combine Earth Observation and numerical modelling to detect marine ice sheet instabilities in the Amundsen Sea Sector, focusing on Thwaites glacier. We will make use of the datasets developed within the ESA Antarctic CCI+ project, using observations of grounding line location, ice velocity and surface elevation change. By combining the latest Earth Observation datasets and ice sheet modelling results, our project will investigate the potential of using satellite data to detect early warning signs of the development of marine ice sheet instability in a key glacier of Antarctica and will be the first to integrate observations and modelling, taking into account uncertainties from both, to do so.

Lead: Northumbria University (https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/)

Project Team: DLR, ENVEO

Website: https://climate.esa.int/de/tipping-points-research/about-cryotippping/