Joint Commission on Ice-Ocean Interactions

Our most recent online workshop on ice-ocean interactions took place Oct 19 - 22, 2026. Recordings are available here (and further down this page) and the program is here.

The sessions focused on:

• Understanding ice-ocean interaction from lab experiments

  • Keynotes: Claudia Cenedese and Jim Sweetman

• Observing ice-ocean interaction

  • Keynotes: Seoung-Tae Yoon and Ginny Catania

• Emerging techniques for ice-ocean interaction

  • Keynotes: Simone Silvestri and Helen Ockenden 

• Glacial meltwater in the broader Earth system

  • Keynotes: Patricia Yager, Ariaan Purich and Katherine Thayer-Calder

The interactions between ice sheets and glaciers and the ocean are key to understanding how these systems will evolve in a changing climate. Drawing together glaciologists and oceanographers, the Joint Commission on Ice-Ocean Interactions (JCIOI) is a joint activity of IAPSO (the International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans) and IACS (the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences). The purpose of JCIOI is to enhance connections between researchers and facilitate the understanding, observing, and modeling of ice-ocean interactions, including under ice shelves and at the front of tidewater glaciers.

Learn more about ice-ocean interactions in these talks from our 2026 workshop...