Inside the Extreme Plan to Refreeze the Arctic

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Period7 Jun 2024

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  • TitleInside the Extreme Plan to Refreeze the Arctic
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletWall Street Journal | Future of Everything
    Media typeWeb
    Duration/Length/Size8:18 minutes
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    Date7/06/24
    DescriptionA 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.
    URLhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ebVUj2lh9U
    PersonsJulienne Stroeve, H. Hendrikse, Fonger Ypma, L.L. van Dijke