Such incredible idea for saving the Earth suggested that a team of American scientists from the University of Arizona.
European scientists took a prototype of their idea and the beginning of may has already started testing methods of freezing the ice is not in the Arctic, but in the Swiss Alps.
However, as noted by American scientists with the Arctic, of course, will be more difficult.Because here it is a question of protection of snow and ice cover on the territory of several million square kilometers.
Steven Dash is one of the leaders of the project proposes to use a system of water pumps that will pump water from under the ice and spraying it over the surface. Therefore, the cap will grow an ice cover on top, which will allow you to strengthen it.
According to estimates Desh, 10 million pumps, which feed on the energy of the wind, can produce an increase of the Arctic polar cap by about 1 m per year. In his opinion, this will be enough to ensure that the total area of Arctic ice has ceased to fall. For 10 years the hard work of pumps, the area of the cap and thickness of the ice can go back to the 1990s.
The project cost is estimated at $ 500 billion, but the support of a team of scientists is still not received.
However, other meteorologists and scientists said that the point of no return has already been passed, and a simple rejection of burning fossil fuels will not stop the catastrophe that is approaching along with the melting ice caps.
However, this did not prevent the project to move forward. A group of European scientists uses a variation of the ideas of their American colleagues. In early may, started testing the technology of freezing ice. However, they are not in the Arctic, and in the Swiss Alps.
If the technology proves effective, the chances of the Arctic project can really grow.
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