REGLA: Self-regulating glaciers in Greenland
Name of applicant
Nanna B Karlsson
Title
Professor
Institution
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Amount
DKK 12,882,522
Year
2025
Type of grant
Semper Ardens: Accomplish
What?
The REGLA project addresses an urgent and critical knowledge gap: the behaviour of Greenland’s glaciers as the Arctic continues to warm. To close this gap, we need more observations and a better understanding of what happens under the ice sheet.
Why?
Rising sea levels is an urgent and global problem: 230 million people live within 1 metre of current sea levels. The Greenland Ice Sheet is the single largest contributor to sea-level rise, and its response to climate change is one of the key uncertainties in predicting future sea levels.
How?
We will use observations from airborne vehicles and seismic instruments, remote sensing, machine-learning techniques and mathematical models to understand what controls how Greenland's glaciers move. If successful, REGLA will constitute a paradigm shift in our understanding of what happens under the ice sheet and be able to predict how the glaciers will respond to future climate change.