The DEEPICE European training network

The overall objective of DEEPICE (2021-2024) is to equip a new generation of scientists (1) with a solid experience in climate science related to ice cores, with a particular focus on Antarctica, (2) with a high level of technical and communication expertise and (3) with a large international network of collaborations across academia and the non-academic world. DEEPICE takes advantage of the scientific dynamics of the Beyond EPICA Oldest Ice core drilling project and will subsequently allow optimal exploitation of the future ice core.

DEEPICE has three components : (1) Technical innovations for the analysis of ice cores, (2) Quantification of climate signal alteration processes in ice and (3) Modeling and statistics.

15 doctoral students have been recruited and trained since 2021 in order to be able to make the best use of the future Beyond EPICA Oldest Ice core. Ailsa Chung, supervised by Frédéric Parrenin, mainly works within the iCe3 team and Romilly Harris Stuart, co-supervised by Patricia Martinerie, will come for several stays.