„The race to maintain the Arctic’s stabilizing role in the global climate means, in addition, that we need to put geoengineering into the policy mix, despite its hazards, moral or otherwise. This should start with „soft“ geoengineering that can be carefully monitored as it is scaling up, and reversed if side effects become too troubling.“
German newspaper article about the results of the Arctic CE study conducted by the Alfred Wegener Institute.
Zampieri, Lorenzo; Goessling, Helge F. (2019): Sea Ice Targeted Geoengineering Can Delay Arctic Sea Ice Decline but not Global Warming. In Earth’s Future 7. DOI: 10.1029/2019EF001230.
„To counteract global warming, a geoengineering approach that aims at intervening in the Arctic ice‐albedo feedback has been proposed. A large number of wind‐driven pumps shall spread seawater on the surface in winter to enhance ice growth, allowing more ice to survive the summer melt. We test this idea with a coupled climate model by modifying the surface exchange processes such that the physical effect of the pumps is simulated.“
„A geoengineering nonprofit wants to spread silicate beads over polar sea ice to prevent the absorption of heat, but some scientists have their doubts.“
‘C2G (2019). C2G Policy Brief: Climate-Altering Technologies and the Arctic. Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative (C2G). New York. 2019’ Version 20191004
„In response to the risks posed by climate change, some are considering the viability of developing and deploying climate-altering technologies in the Arctic such as Solar Radiation Modification (SRM) and large-scale Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR).“
„The Arctic plays a key role in the global climate system. This makes the region an area of special interest for those considering the viability of climate-altering technologies, including Solar Radiation Modification and large-scale Carbon Dioxide Removal. In addition, others are considering interventions to engineer or protect ice in order to slow or reverse ice melt. But is there adequate governance in place to protect people and ecosystems should these climate-altering technologies be tested or used?“
Drollette, Dan (2019): What if the Arctic melts, and we lose the great white shield? Interview with environmental policy expert Durwood Zaelke. In Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 75 (5), pp. 239–246. DOI: 10.1080/00963402.2019.1654269.
„In this interview, Durwood Zaelke, president of the Institute for Governance [&] Sustainable Development, outlines the climate change problem in the Arctic, tells of the increasing speed with which the ice is melting, and outlines some possible solutions, ranging from relatively benign approaches to methods that call for increasingly more intrusive tinkering with the planet.“
„A team of designers led by Faris Rajak Kotahatuhaha proposes re-freezing sea water in the Arctic to create miniature modular icebergs using a submarine-like vessel, in a bid to combat climate change.“
