Inside the Extreme Plan to Refreeze the Arctic | WSJ Future of Everything

A method normally used to create ice-skating rinks is now coming to the rescue of melting sea ice in the Arctic. Since satellite records began in 1979, summer Arctic sea ice has shrunk by around 13% per decade. Could making more ice be a potential solution to this issue? WSJ got exclusive access to follow the team trialing the technology in the Arctic island of Svalbard, one of the coldest inhabited places in the world. Chapters: 0:00 Decline of sea ice 0:44 Svalbard 3:00 Drilling 4:34 Temperature profile 5:17 Pumping 6:44 Challenges #Climate #Norway #WSJ
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