Seawater is pumped onto the snow covering the sea ice in an effort to thicken the ice Real Ice/www.realice.eco
A bold plan to pump seawater over the frozen Arctic Ocean could offer humanity a final chance to save the region’s vanishing sea ice.
Field trials conducted this year in the Canadian Arctic to thicken sea ice using water from the ocean below have proved successful, says UK start-up Real Ice.
Arctic sea ice cover is shrinking rapidly in response to climate change. Many scientists expect the region to…
