Preventing Antarctic Ice Shelf Meltdown
Dumping Trillions of Tons of Artificial Snow on the South Pole Ice Shelf Source: West Antarctic Ice Shelf New Scientific Study & Novel Recommendations International scientists have just released a study with an approach they believe could prevent a disastrous meltdown of the West Antarctic Ice Shelf at the South Pole. The approach is novel. They want to dump 8 trillion tons of artificial snow on the ice shelf over the course of ten year. 12,000 Wind Turbines The scientists would use 12,000 wind turbines to pump seawater up to the surface where it would be frozen into snow. Their theory is that the artificial snow would weigh down the ice shelf enough to stop it from collapsing. According to the co-author of the report Anders Levermann of Germany's Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, "we are at the point of no return if we don't do anything." The study was just published in the journal Science Advances. Coastal Cities in Danger ...