{"id":245600,"date":"2024-02-11T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/how-do-you-stop-a-glacier-from-melting-put-up-an-underwater-curtain\/"},"modified":"2024-02-11T18:00:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T18:00:53","slug":"how-do-you-stop-a-glacier-from-melting-put-up-an-underwater-curtain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/how-do-you-stop-a-glacier-from-melting-put-up-an-underwater-curtain\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you stop a glacier from melting? Put up an underwater curtain."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\n      <iframe style=\"margin: 0 auto 20px; width: 100%; height: 100px; border: none; display: none\" data-project-id=\"Yual8er4aaQbafhcldNK\" allowfullscreen=\"false\" allowtransparency=\"\" allow=\"clipboard-read; clipboard-write\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"ad-auris-iframe\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\"><em>This story was originally published by\u00a0the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the\u00a0Climate Desk\u00a0collaboration.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">Scientists are working on an unusual plan to prevent Antarctic glaciers from melting. They want to build a set of giant underwater curtains in front of ice sheets to protect them from being eroded by warm sea water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">Ice in polar regions is now\u00a0disappearing at record rates\u00a0as global warming intensifies, and urgent action is needed to slow down this loss, the international group of \u00adscientists has warned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-default-font-family\">Their proposed solution is the construction of a 62-mile-long (100 km) curtain that would be moored to the bed of the Amundsen Sea. It would rise by about 656 feet (200 meters) from the ocean floor and would partially restrict the inflow of relatively warm water that laps at the bases of coastal Antarctic glaciers and&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/science\/how-do-you-stop-a-glacier-from-melting-put-up-an-underwater-curtain\/\"target=\"_blank\">Read full article originally published on grist.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This story was originally published by\u00a0the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the\u00a0Climate Desk\u00a0collaboration. Scientists are working on an unusual plan to prevent Antarctic glaciers from melting. They want to build a set of giant underwater curtains in front of ice sheets to protect them from being eroded by warm sea water. 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