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A controversial plan to refreeze the Arctic is seeing promising results. - zqwerty - 13-12-2024
A controversial plan to refreeze the Arctic is seeing promising results. But scientists warn of big risks
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/12/climate/refreeze-arctic-real-ice/index.html
RE: A controversial plan to refreeze the Arctic is seeing promising results. - harm_less - 13-12-2024
(13-12-2024, 07:27 PM)zqwerty Wrote: A controversial plan to refreeze the Arctic is seeing promising results. But scientists warn of big risksThey have been successful on 44,000 square feet which is just over a third of a hectare, then 430,000 Square feet or 4 hectares. Have they got no idea of the scale of what they're trying to address?
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/12/climate/refreeze-arctic-real-ice/index.html
RE: A controversial plan to refreeze the Arctic is seeing promising results. - zqwerty - 13-12-2024
Grasping at straws?
RE: A controversial plan to refreeze the Arctic is seeing promising results. - Oh_hunnihunni - 13-12-2024
Every journey starts with...
I saw something about this recently, a 60 minutes doco I think. Interesting science.
RE: A controversial plan to refreeze the Arctic is seeing promising results. - harm_less - 13-12-2024
I saw something about the silica beads mentioned in the article. Same challenge in that the area to be covered was immense and unrealistic in practice. Of course we could just all stop burning stuff.
RE: A controversial plan to refreeze the Arctic is seeing promising results. - nzoomed - 13-12-2024
(13-12-2024, 07:42 PM)harm_less Wrote:I'm not sure how something like that could scale up either, plus the energy required in such a remote place would prove difficult.(13-12-2024, 07:27 PM)zqwerty Wrote: A controversial plan to refreeze the Arctic is seeing promising results. But scientists warn of big risksThey have been successful on 44,000 square feet which is just over a third of a hectare, then 430,000 Square feet or 4 hectares. Have they got no idea of the scale of what they're trying to address?
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/12/climate/refreeze-arctic-real-ice/index.html
RE: A controversial plan to refreeze the Arctic is seeing promising results. - Lilith7 - 14-12-2024
Why not; at this point it has to be worth a try.