Scientists are working to protect the glaciers from melting
Due to climate change, the thickness of glaciers and ice sheets in various parts of the world is decreasing. Many icebergs and ice sheets floating in the sea are melting.
Many pieces of ice are disappearing in the darkness of the night. Scientists are working to protect the various glaciers of the Antarctic region from melting.
Scientists have found a way to thicken Arctic Sea ice. Concerns are growing that Arctic ice levels are shrinking at a faster rate than in the past decade.
Last week, scientists published their findings about the massive Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica. Ice sheets are shrinking at an alarming rate due to climate change.
This glacier’s size is equal to the size of the UK. This frozen iceberg is called the ‘Glacier of Earth Destruction’. The loss of these glaciers would have catastrophic effects on Earth. If the glaciers continue to melt, sea levels will rise. It will affect the lives of millions of people.
This glacial layer is more than two thousand meters thick in some places. Thwaites is one of the largest and fastest changing glaciers in the world. The amount of ice exposed to the sea from the Thwaites and its neighboring glaciers doubled between 1990 and 2010.
British and US scientists have been monitoring Thwaites Glacier since 2018. The results of their observations were published in the British Antarctic Survey.
In this context, scientists are looking for alternative ways to protect sea ice. Scientists are working on the possibility of thickening the ice with seawater on the ice of the Canadian Arctic.
This region is known as the Amundsen Sea coast. This vast area is said to be responsible for 8 percent of the annual rate of global sea level rise. If the Thwaites Glacier collapses completely, the researchers estimate that sea levels will rise by 65 cm.
“The Thwaites have been melting for over 80 years,” said Rob Larter, a scientist at the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration. The highest melting in the last 30 years. Our findings indicate that the glacier is melting faster because of the thinning of the ice sheet.’
Thwaites Glacier is at risk of melting completely within the next century. By the 20th century, Thwaites Glacier and the est Antarctic Ice Sheet
may be largely lost. Thwaites Glacier is particularly vulnerable because its ice sheets are significantly below sea level on a bed that slopes toward the western Arctic.
Scientists are trying to know the current state of glaciers by using advanced technology and moving ice through underwater robots.
Scientists have suggested using seawater to thicken Arctic Sea ice in preliminary experiments. An ambitious project has been undertaken on an experimental basis. Scientists have seen success during initial testing.
Earlier this year, the UK’s innovation initiative Real Ice injected seawater onto the ice sheet for observational purposes. It can be seen that the ice layer is slightly thicker.
The startup drills through the ice into the sea below and spreads water on top of the ice. Water fills the air voids in the glacial snow and slowly turns into ice.
Andrea Ceccolini, said, “Our mission is to work to preserve and restore Arctic Sea ice. We are working on how to thicken the ice. Twenty-five cm of natural ice has increased with the help of Cambridge University’s Center for Climate Repair.’
