As a group under the combined auspices of the WCRP, PALSEA, SERCE and IAG sub-commission 3.4, we are starting a once-a-month virtual seminar series dealing with sea-level changes, GIA, and ice sheets. This monthly seminar series is intended to engage a broad community in advance of future workshops organized by PALSEA-SERCE and the WCRP, and to stimulate discussion and ideas for collaboration and synthesis in this multidisciplinary community.

Seminars are scheduled for the second Tuesday of each month, starting March 9th, and nominally will fall within the time window of 11:00-13:00 EST, depending on the schedule and time zones of the speakers. For our inaugural meeting on March 9th at 11:30 am EST, Bob Kopp of Rutgers University will talk about the IPCC AR6 process, including the topic “What is needed from the paleo and GIA community to help refine projections of future sea-level change?” The talk will be followed by a discussion period, and this first session will also introduce the broader goals of the series.

The future planned seminars are:

March 9: Bob Kopp and introduction (start time: 1130 EST)

April 13: Intercomparisons and Benchmarking of GIA models (Wouter van der Wal and others TBD), followed by discussion

May 11: Aimee Slangen and TBD

June 8: TBD 

July 13: TBD 

Seminars will be held on the second Tuesday of every month, within the following time window:

1100-1300 EST

0800-1000 West coast america

1600-1800 GMT

1700-1900 CET

Seminar attendance is open to all, and the registration link for the first seminar is https://msu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_II7v3x8YSW2q3frUzH9XMg. We are looking for volunteers and nominations for future speakers; please use this google form (https://forms.gle/ZsEsx3LJDKwuZ98b6) to send your suggestions by March 12th. If you have a problem with the form, please contact Natalya Gomez (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

We are maintaining a mailing list, so to make sure you receive notifications about the future seminars and related events, subscribe by sending an e-mail (with a blank subject line) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. containing the following text command: 
subscribe earth-ice-sea firstname lastname (Note that within ~1hr you should receive an email requesting you to confirm your subscription, which you can do by replying to the email with "OK"). If you have trouble subscribing, please contact Natalya Gomez (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

All the best, from a team from …

PALSEA,

The IAG Subcommission 3.4 on Cryosphere Deformation, 

The WCRP Grand Challenges on Regional Sea Level and Coastal Impacts (WP1 on long term sea level and GIA), and SCAR-SERCE

Jacky Austermann, Jeff Freymueller, Natalya Gomez, Alex Simms, Natasha Barlow, Thomas James, Alessio Rovere, Jeremy Shakun, and Mark Tamisiea