The rapid melting of polar ice sheets and so, is one of the main unknowns. The instability is not due to a sole factor. It occurs due to the complex coupling of thermodynamic and mechanical issues. The physical- chemical and biological issues on these processes. One of the main issues is ocean level increase. The analyses on the surface energy balance and latent heat release from due to instability in the ice sheet and how these thermal anomalies become mechanical drivers. The link between Marine Ice Sheet Instability hypothesis and purely atmospheric forcing will also discussed by continuum mechanics perspective. The theoretical groundwork on the use of an integrated model of the non-linear response of ice sheets to climate warming will be outlined.

Dr. Akinoglu is a physicist in Department of Physics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara-Turkey. He is also affiliated by Earth System Science Department (ESS-METU) and also a member of GUNAM (Center for Solar Energy Research and Application-METU). Dr. Akinoglu is co-founder of ESS and ISES Turkish Branch. He is currently working on determining the countrywide solar irradiation prediction schemes, energy efficient houses, long and shor term PV module and array performance calculations, paleo estimation of solar irradiation, sustainable development and sustainable energy policy issues.