Field, L.; Ivanova, D.; Bhattacharyya, S.; Mlaker, V.; Sholtz, A.; Decca, R. et al. (2018): Increasing Arctic Sea Ice Albedo Using Localized Reversible Geoengineering. In Earth's Future. DOI: 10.1029/2018EF000820.

"In this paper, a novel localized surface albedo modification technique is presented that shows promise as a method to increase multi‐year ice using reflective floating materials, chosen so as to have low subsidiary environmental impact. Detailed climate modeling studying the climate impact of such a method reveals more than 1.5 °C cooler temperatures over a large part of the Arctic when simulating global sea ice albedo modification. In a region north of Barents and Kara Seas temperatures have been reduced by 3 °C and in North Canada by almost 1 °C. Additionally, there are notable increases in sea ice thickness (20‐50 cm Arctic wide) and ice concentration (>15‐20% across large parts of central Arctic). These results suggest that the geoengineering technology proposed in this study may be a viable instrument for restoring Arctic ice. "

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"Previous discussions of geoengineering have looked at global projects, like seeding the atmosphere with particles to reflect more sunlight. That’s what makes this focused approach more feasible, said Michael Wolovick, a postdoctoral research associate in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at Princeton University and a co-author on the Comment."

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Moore, John C.; Gladstone, Rupert; Zwinger, Thomas; Wolovick, Michael (2018): Geoengineer polar glaciers to slow sea-level rise. In Nature 555 (7696), pp. 303–305. DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-03036-4.

"Stalling the fastest flows of ice into the oceans would buy us a few centuries to deal with climate change and protect coasts, argue John C. Moore and colleagues."

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"The Rhône is one of many glaciers around the world that have noticeably shrunk in recent decades. The blankets are a simple fix, but they seem to help — Swiss glaciologist David Volken has previously suggested to Agence France-Presse that they may reduce melting by up to 70 percent."

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