We're re-freezing the Arctic (kinda)

[PartySick 174,103]

Deep in the Canadian Arctic, scientists and entrepreneurs brave sub-zero temperatures, whipping winds and snowstorms to drill holes through the sea ice to pump out the seawater below and freeze it on the surface.

The group from the UK start-up Real Ice is in Cambridge Bay, a tiny coastal village in Nunavut, to try to prove they can grow and restore Arctic sea ice.

Their ultimate plan is to thicken ice over more than 386,000 square miles of the Arctic — an area more than twice the size of California — with the aim of slowing down or even reversing summer ice loss and, in doing so, help to tackle the human-caused climate crisis.

Some Arctic scientists and experts have criticized Real Ice’s methods as unproven at scale, ecologically risky and a distraction from tackling the root cause of climate change: fossil fuels.

But the company says its project is inspired by natural processes and offers a last chance to protect a disappearing ecosystem as the world fails to act swiftly on climate change.

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[PartySick 174,103]

We're so screwed 

[Shipper 13,114]

They're trapping dinosaurs, aliens, deadly diseases, superman and satan back in ice for our safety. 

[River 128,509]

Stop trying to fix the earth let it f-cking die and all the sh-theads humans with it

[Monstermilo 5,473]

38 minutes ago, River said:

Stop trying to fix the earth let it f-cking die and all the sh-theads humans with it

im ready to be wiped out and not have to ever hear of traylor swift or donald drumpf ever again

[River 128,509]

4 minutes ago, Monstermilo said:

im ready to be wiped out and not have to ever hear of traylor swift or donald drumpf ever again

I'd certainly die with a smile, like "that's it, it's over, no more taylor, trump and ggd"

 

[Bronco 27,357]

Ngl start ups like this that sound to good to be true and almost always astroturfing

[Helxig 45,573]

I guess if we can't fight the oil giants who and corporations who are causing the issue, we have to think of a radical band-aid to slow down the damage

[PartySick 174,103]

4 hours ago, hELXIG said:

radical band-aid

This would make a sick band name

And yeah, anything that helps, but Idk, seems easier to replace fossil fuels with the ample amount of renewables we've had access to for decades but what do I know

[Bonkers 30,871]

9 hours ago, River said:

Stop trying to fix the earth let it f-cking die and all the sh-theads humans with it

I never thought I would agree with you about anything.  But I'm tired of people solving problems so the "it's a hoax" people can think they're right.  

I'd rather us ALL GO DOWN 

[Bonkers 30,871]

2 hours ago, PartySick said:

This would make a sick band name

 

get out of Florida 

[River 128,509]

10 minutes ago, Bonkers said:

I never thought I would agree with you about anything.  But I'm tired of people solving problems so the "it's a hoax" people can think they're right.  

I'd rather us ALL GO DOWN 

[LaLa 19,898]

sounds a bit like this

but sure, what the hell

[Bonkers 30,871]

9 minutes ago, River said:

actually I have a feeling we do 

[PartySick 174,103]

2 hours ago, Bonkers said:

get out of Florida 

I'll die here