Could These Experimental Innovations Help Save Arctic Sea Ice?

"The Arctic is melting at an unprecedented rate; it is estimated that the Arctic will have ice-free summers by 2050 a catastrophic 'blue ocean event' that would affect all life on earth."

That's the chilling assertion of a startup out of Bangor University in Wales, reports the Guardian.

Real Ice's plan is to pump seawater from below the ice onto the surface of the Arctic to thicken it.

The idea is that the seawater will reflect sunlight and increase the ice's ability to melt, which in turn causes more ice to melt as the planet warms, explains the company's website.

"The scope of our work is to prove out the technology at sufficient scale to interest with governments, industrial companies and local communities, to take the idea to the whole of the Arctic at massive scale," founder and CEO Cian Sherwin tells Sustainable Brands.

The company hopes to demonstrate the technology in the Arctic later this year.

Real Ice isn't the first to come up with a solution to the problem of melting Arctic ice.

There are currently water pumps in use to generate ice for a variety of uses, including for oil platforms and public ice rinks, but these are diesel-powered.

Real Ice's system would be powered by hydrogen...

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