<![CDATA[Wasn't this done in a Kim Stanley Robinson novel, but in Antarctica?]]>Wasn't this done in a Kim Stanley Robinson novel, but in Antarctica?

"Sea ice is melting fast, worsening the climate crisis, but a bold attempt to rethicken it is showing early signs of success"

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/16/arctic-sea-ice-rethickening-climate-geoengineering

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/c4721d45-06df-4b5d-b6f5-920c4cc58b3e/wasn-t-this-done-in-a-kim-stanley-robinson-novel-but-in-antarcticaRSS for NodeSun, 28 Jun 2026 05:40:19 GMTWed, 17 Jun 2026 10:25:57 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Wasn't this done in a Kim Stanley Robinson novel, but in Antarctica? on Thu, 18 Jun 2026 06:29:35 GMT]]>The technique in the Guardian article falls in the "Proposed concept 3: Sea ice management–modifying albedo and thickening sea ice" category:

https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/116769466126905589

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/mjack/statuses/116769679261746636https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/mjack/statuses/116769679261746636Thu, 18 Jun 2026 06:29:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Wasn't this done in a Kim Stanley Robinson novel, but in Antarctica? on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:47:23 GMT]]>@pmakholm

Thats the one, thank you!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/mjack/statuses/116765048403961771https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/mjack/statuses/116765048403961771Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:47:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Wasn't this done in a Kim Stanley Robinson novel, but in Antarctica? on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:34:06 GMT]]>@mjack Can't read the article...

'The Ministry for the Future' do include a sub-plot where they pump water up on the Antartic ice shelf. But I think the idea was to slowing the movements of the ice, by removing a layer of water below the ice that acts as lubricant.

In other climate action, they did restart the AMOC by pouring salt in the north Atlantic in the 'Science in the Capital' series.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.data.coop/users/pmakholm/statuses/116764996179471301https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.data.coop/users/pmakholm/statuses/116764996179471301Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:34:06 GMT