Ok, this theory sounds weird. Since the ice is melting in Antarctica. Why don't scientists just put lots of man-made ice (ice that takes long long time to melt) in Antarctica. Is this a good suggestion?
Thanks for your comment.
2007-02-02 21:09:41 · 5 answers · asked by Frank 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Ice isn't melting in all of Antarctica. Just one side. The other regions of Antarctica are gaining ice. Don't believe the socialist freedom takers. All they want are your money and freedom. Al gore is a moron.
2007-02-02 21:13:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
First: It will cost $100+ Billions to do. We are not talking about California with roads and highways, this is Antarctica and it is very cold, un-inhabitable and there are no roads there. Without roads how will they move the ice around.
Second: When this man-made ice melts it will create a river that will move towards the ocean and melt more natural Ice with it and speeds up the melting.
2007-02-03 05:14:00 · answer #2 · answered by DECEMBER 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmm.. thing is, it really isn't about having "less" of Antartica with all these ice melting. It's actually the effect that's scary. Antartica is a huuuge chunk of frozen water, and if most of it melts down then water in the oceans will rise which will then cause coastines, borders, etc. (mostly those areas closing sea level) to go underwater. If you remember the film Waterworld.. it's something seemingly like that. So having man-made ice, wouldn't really help, cause when ice melt, water rises and that artificial ice will just drown.
2007-02-03 05:27:23 · answer #3 · answered by sighte 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Concerning sighte answer. Doesnt water expand when frozen? So if a bunch of ice or snow melts, wouldn't it occupy less space? I'm working off the theory of filling a glass with packed snow. let it melt. less height.
As far as the original question. How in the world are you going to make millions? billions? tons of ice?
Would a giant white sheet/ reflector serve roughly the same purpose? And once again how are you going to make/transport and setup this hugely enormous sheet?
2007-02-04 02:27:23 · answer #4 · answered by Wattsup! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No need to do it. Ice will melt and then come back. Just 20,000 years ago, Canada was one big ice cube and the middle of half of the U.S. was covered with ice.
20,000 years is less than a second when compared to the age of the earth.
2007-02-03 05:13:13 · answer #5 · answered by a bush family member 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋