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We need moon shot projects for preserving and replenishing glaciers and snow packs. One notion I've read is pumping out the hidden rivers of snow melt. This wo
by specialist 3y ago
We need moon shot projects for preserving and replenishing glaciers and snow packs.
One notion I've read is pumping out the hidden rivers of snow melt. This would minimize movement of the ice on top (towards the sea).
What other crazy ideas should we try?
Some how increase the albedo by counter acting soot?
Create massive snow machines?
Envelope ice fields in fog during the summer?
- ip26 3y agoAlbedo enhancement certainly seems the most possible, such as with a quick flight to layer over rock dust, but the potential benefit is so limited. Cloud seeding perhaps, but only if the moisture is there in the air. Fog is a fun thought… ablate the outer millimeter to create an insulating layer. You could bore tunnels in the ice and circulate coolant, but you would accelerate melting of the upper portion to fight melting on the lower.
- timeon 3y ago> What other crazy ideas should we try? Stop using fossil fuels would be one.
- specialist 3y agoOf course. The loss of glaciers and polar ice is already locked in. Atmospheric carbon continues to affect the climate for > 100 years. If humans stopped emitting all carbon today, climate crisis will continue. For natural glacial formation to resume, lower than 350ppm?, we have to go beyond net negative to net negative. We've kicked off multiple negative feedback loops. We have to remove carbon faster than the tundra thaws, the oceans acidify, and the forests burn. I'm certain you know all of this. Are we just going to sit back and watch all the ice melt?
- arbitrary_name 3y agoHere's a crazy one: reducing emissions!