To Stop Arctic Ice From Disappearing, One Company Tries Making It Thicker
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A company is attempting to thicken Arctic ice to combat its disappearance, sparking consideration of the potential effectiveness and implications of such geoengineering efforts.
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I guess freezing new water on top of existing ice might also increae the ice albedo, in the case that it's covered in some amount of black carbon, plastics, or other pollutants? But that's probably less relevant in the (more isolated) polar regions.