I am all for creative thinking, but this may be the oddest
concept I've yet seen to treat one of the symptoms of global
warming. Going far beyond just tracking melting patterns, German
researchers want to actually stop, or at least slow down the
melting of glaciers in the Swiss Alps, and they plan to do so by
setting up a large screen that would trap cold air over the ice.
The experimental screen is nearly 50 feet long by 10 feet high,
and was set up in the middle of the Rhone glacier in Ooooh kay.
This may be one of those science-for-the-environment-gone-off-
track moments. I have a very hard time imagining that this idea
will go very far in keeping glaciers from melting, but at least
they're trying. Filed under “Weird.” written by Krazd, August
16, 2008 written by bobbknight, August 17, 2008 written by ETC,
August 17, 2008 written by ielectalk, August 17, 2008 |<
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