| Germans Try to Stop Glacial Melt with Giant Screen |
| Written by Jaymi Heimbuch | ||
| Friday, 15 August 2008 | ||
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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.”
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written by Paul Barthle , August 15, 2008
I wonder if snow could be made behind the screen using equipment designed for ski resorts? Capture the first snow melt of the season and pump it back up to be made into fresh powder, which might also increase the natural reflectivity of the glaciers exposed to pollution. Not an answer, but it may slow the glacier's retreat until we can get GHG under control
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written by Krazd , August 15, 2008
This concept has already been covered in the past. This would definitely not be a cost effective approach to the problem of global warming.
Stop
written by bobbknight , August 17, 2008
I think that to get green house gasses under control, we as a human race need to stop breathing and farting. Oh and cows too.
melting icebergs
written by Dominique Ng , August 17, 2008
a similar concept could be used for melting icebergs.
melting icebergs
written by Dominique Ng , August 17, 2008
I meant against melting icebergs, of course.
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written by Anon , August 17, 2008
but at least they're* trying
It's a BIG lie
written by ben , August 17, 2008
I can't believe people still fall for this global warming rubbish. Between January 2007 and January 2008, the temp of this planet fell by .07c. How the hell is that warming. Wake up people, realise the lies before it's too late.
fake
written by itzy , August 17, 2008
The so called scientist behind this project is little more than a fake with no credentials in glacier research.
Wow... seriously
written by u=idiots , August 17, 2008
Wow people still believe that global warming is a lie... Just because the presidents "experts" say that global warming is a lie doesn't make it true, in fact it makes it seem more plausible. .7c is nothing for humans but globally its an enormous change. We don't notice a change like that because we have developed and evolved into a species that can adapt very well, unfortunately many other species are not so lucky, especially when there home is on the ice that is melting.
Coolness
written by Jim McDish , August 17, 2008
Those german dudes are pretty smart arent they?
RD www.anondo.alturl.com
Sane Solution
written by ETC , August 17, 2008
Under my About Me on my MySpace (the LINK with this COMMENT) already has simalar for anywhere. BLACK WHITE COLOUR; FIRE LAND WATER ICE. Lame quality production Quality methods.
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written by Global warming is a lie , August 17, 2008
check this out
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24036736-7583,00.html
nod
written by ielectalk , August 17, 2008
ohmy.....
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written by Dougie , August 17, 2008
The Simpsons already dit it.
negative commentary
written by pizpot , August 17, 2008
How come every eco geek story has negative commentary and no constructive criticism? It would be better to keep it to yourself I think. (See, negative comment with what to do better.)
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written by it's a never ending process , August 18, 2008
how could you even think it's not true based on the planets temperature falling? just what exactly do you think is melting my friend? it's thousands of tons of ICE but when it melts and trickles into the ocean doesn't mean it becomes luke warm, it's still freaking freezing cold, cooling the oceans in general therefore cooling the overall temperature of the planet. That is how the planet stabilises itself. Once the planet's climate reaches a point of another ice age, where it's so cold that pretty much everything is frozen it will start the process all over again which is gona take another billion years of warming up, until the ice melts cooling the planet off etc.
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