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First experiment to thicken Arctic ice with seawater shows promise — but there’s a big catch

A simple method to thicken Arctic sea ice has shown promising results in its very first field experiment, performed in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada. Researchers are considering several controversial ...
Phys.org

NASA's polar ice experiment paves way for future moon missions

NASA's Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1 (PRIME-1) is preparing to explore the moon's subsurface and analyze where lunar resources may reside. The experiment's two key instruments will ...

New form of ice can freeze at room temperature, study finds

Water squeezed rapidly at room temperature can freeze and melt through at least five different pathways, rather than ...
Scientific American

Polar Geoengineering Experiments Bet Big on Freezing Arctic Ice

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network. Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. You don’t have to pay much ...
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First experiment to thicken Arctic ice with seawater shows promise — but there's a big catch

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A simple method to thicken Arctic sea ice has shown promising results in its very first field experiment, performed in Cambridge ...