A really intriguing article arrived earlier this week via Twitter.
It describes a proposal to save the Arctic by building a barrage across the Bering Straits.
The projects is called the DIOMEDE CROSSROADS.
The name comes from the islands in the middle of the straits, which will be familiar to those geography teachers who have perhaps used Michael Palin's journeys in the classroom, as he started his FULL CIRCLE journey there...
The aim is to reduce the impact of rising temperatures on Arctic sea ice.
This would be a particular large scale example of a 'technological fix'....
It describes a proposal to save the Arctic by building a barrage across the Bering Straits.
The projects is called the DIOMEDE CROSSROADS.
The name comes from the islands in the middle of the straits, which will be familiar to those geography teachers who have perhaps used Michael Palin's journeys in the classroom, as he started his FULL CIRCLE journey there...
The aim is to reduce the impact of rising temperatures on Arctic sea ice.
This would be a particular large scale example of a 'technological fix'....
Comments