by Dr. Michael Wenger | Oct 28, 2022 | Archive, Arctic, Science, Technology
The idea sounds simple: A curtain should prevent too much warm water from reaching the ice edge along the bottom and melting the ice from below. At the same time, however, the curtain should be flexible enough to allow icebergs from the glacier to drift out. Image:...
by Julia Hager | Sep 25, 2020 | Archive, Climate change, Science, Technology
In the most vulnerable regions of the Arctic, the Arctic Ice Project plans to use tiny beads of silica to slow down the melting of sea ice. Photo: Heiner Kubny So far, there are very few countries that have taken decisive action to mitigate climate change. Fears that...