The new inter-journal special issue (SI) entitled “Improving the contribution of land cryosphere to sea level rise projections” is now set up as part of the journals TC, GMD, NHESS, and OS.
Submitting a publication to the Special Issue
Authors can submit their contributions by using the online registration forms on the journals’ websites:
- TC – https://editor.copernicus.org/TC/manuscript_registration
- GMD – https://editor.copernicus.org/GMD/manuscript_registration
- NHESS – https://editor.copernicus.org/NHESS/manuscript_registration
- OS – https://editor.copernicus.org/OS/manuscript_registration
The deadline for submission is 31 August 2025.
During the registration process it is important that the correct SI is selected.
About the Special Issue
The loss of mass from glaciers, ice caps, and polar ice sheets has accelerated over the last 3 decades as a result of climate change. This has made land ice the major contributor to sea level rise and the main cause of its acceleration. However, the evolution of the land-based cryosphere over the course of the 21st century and beyond adds considerable uncertainties to sea level rise projections, particularly if instability mechanisms are triggered, leading to rapid retreat of marine basins in Antarctica. Critical knowledge gaps pose challenges for predicting the land ice response to the evolution of climate and the resulting impact on sea level, from cryospheric process understanding, ice sheet and glacier modelling, and coupling with the atmosphere and ocean to bridging the gap with sea level and coastal-impact sciences. This special issue includes contributions related to the following:
- Earth observations that help to constrain glacier and ice sheet surface conditions, dynamics, or mass loss;
- theoretical or numerical modelling of cryospheric processes or coupling with the ocean and atmosphere;
- standalone or coupled projections of ice surface mass balance;
- Arctic and Antarctic ocean conditions promoting and/or responding to ice sheet loss;
- glacier or ice sheet dynamics and mass balance;
- approaches to analysing multi-model ensembles or computing global and regional sea level rise projections;
- coastal impacts of sea level rise and climate change, adaptation needs, and related climate services.
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