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Could a £400bn plan to refreeze the Arctic before the ice melts really work?

17 pointsby thedoctorover 8 years ago

5 comments

nurettinover 8 years ago
This sounds like that futurama episode where they drop a giant ice cube into the sea whenever it gets too hot.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.outerplaces.com&#x2F;science&#x2F;item&#x2F;13083-how-big-would-a-futurama-ice-cube-need-to-be-to-combat-climate-change-hint-really-big" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.outerplaces.com&#x2F;science&#x2F;item&#x2F;13083-how-big-would...</a>
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luhnover 8 years ago
Why are they so worried about the Arctic melting? Are they hiding something? <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theonion.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;melting-ice-caps-expose-hundreds-of-secret-arctic--2806" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theonion.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;melting-ice-caps-expose-hund...</a>
dragonbonheurover 8 years ago
How about deploying a cluster of &quot;umbrella&quot; satellites to throw some shade on regions of the planet that get too hot? 15 years of having less solar illumination, not complete darkness just a penumbra, could maybe do a lot.<p>How big of a shadow would we need?<p>Edit - someone already thought about it; <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bbc.com&#x2F;future&#x2F;story&#x2F;20160425-how-a-giant-space-umbrella-could-stop-global-warming" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bbc.com&#x2F;future&#x2F;story&#x2F;20160425-how-a-giant-space-u...</a>
dTalover 8 years ago
If the political will to do something like that existed, we wouldn&#x27;t need to do it.
tikuover 8 years ago
Or perhaps drifting platforms that stay adrift at the edge and blow water onto the ice? That way it&#x27;s even possible to measure the edges.. This way it would even help to stop pieces from breaking at the edge (and thus floating away to warmer climates.)