> why aren't people doing this already on the Balleny Islands? How would you make these islands habitable, including having a good atmosphere, without affectin

> why aren't people doing this already on the Balleny Islands? How would you make these islands habitable, including having a good atmosphere, without affecting the rest of Earth's ecosystem in undesirable ways? That's one major difference. A goal of terraforming mars might actually be easier than terraforming remote islands on earth because: A. It's an isolated system B. We can afford to fail