TIL a new term: "glacial geoengineering." The academic work cited in this article explores a radical intervention to preserve the Thwaites glacier and mitigate sea level rise. The fact scientists are thinking about this speaks to the urgency of the issue.
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@hausfath But potentially, also other forms of geoengineering, for instance related to slowing down ice sheet collapse, that you classify as "irreversible" (as in https://t.co/iULoBExgYF)
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Parando la inundación: ¿podríamos utilizar la geoingeniería dirigida para mitigar el aumento del nivel del mar? https://t.co/X0SxIiwl4I #science #hydrology #glaciology #cryosphere #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming @Princeton https://t.co/TA3rDVFbDB
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Research article https://t.co/J6D4Zk2Gys Stopping the flood: could we use targeted geoengineering to mitigate sea level rise? Michael J. Wolovick and John C. Moore #climatechange https://t.co/P5gNi9j1Vv