Map and synchronize marine sediment and ice cores to identify coinciding rapid changes
Develop and synchronize sea ice proxies in ice cores on Greenland and marine sediment cores from the Arctic for Marine Interstadial 3.
Employ a suite of models to address rapid change in present day, future and past Arctic climates
Determine the dynamics, including atmospheric forcing, governing rapid changes in sea ice cover during D-O events, and analyse the stability of modern Arctic Ocean stratification in view of these findings
Determine the impact of such rapid changes in sea ice on the mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet.
Assess the likelihood for future impacts of sea ice change on Greenland Ice Sheet (GIS) mass balance and dynamics, and the potential influence of GIS reductions on sea ice cover.