Listed below are upcoming seminars, workshops and other events of interest to the staff of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies and to our research partners.
Please consult with the event host/contact for connection details if you wish to remotely join any event marked as "Virtual" or "Hybrid".
This event listing was last updated 2026-07-20. All times shown are New York City local.
- July 21, 2026
- 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. — Virtual
- Sea Level Rise Seminar
- Topic: From fracture to flow: how calving ice sheets drive melange and fjord dynamics
- Speaker: Yue Olivia Meng (Purdue Univ.)
- More info: Abstract
- Host/Contact: Patrick Alexander
Sea Level Rise Seminar
Speaker: Yue Olivia Meng (Purdue Univ.)
Title: From fracture to flow: how calving ice sheets drive melange and fjord dynamics
This is an on-line, virtual presentation only. Please consult with event host Patrick Alexander for connection details.
Abstract:
Iceberg calving transfers energy from fracturing glacier fronts into ice mélange and fjord waters, generating rapid mélange surges, waves, turbulent mixing, and enhanced heat transport. We combine high-fidelity iceberg-scale models, laboratory experiments, and fjord-scale simulations to quantify how calving-driven motion alters fjord circulation, submarine melting, and freshwater export. This framework links fracture mechanics to fjord-scale flow and provides physics-based parameterizations for glacier-melange-ocean models.
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Almost all seminars may be attended virtually over the Internet, and interested persons should contact the event host for connection details.
Lunch Seminars usually take place on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. two or three times per month, mostly during the academic year. These presentations are usually hybrid, i.e., in-person with option to attend virtually.
Sea Level Rise Seminars occur on Tuesday mornings at 11 a.m., with virtual presentations by scientists from numerous research institutions. This seminar is two or three times per month, year-round.
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