Arctic Ice Project is using a novel material approach, still under TR 3, proposing to deploy a thin layer of very small hollow glass microspheres, composed of silicon dioxide, across strategically chosen small regions of the Arctic to improve the efficiency of reflecting the rays of the sun back in the atmosphere, thereby, mimicking the natural process. The project has the potential to slow down the melting of the ice and provide 15 more years to the world’s economies to decarbonize drawdown GHGs from the atmosphere.
