Arctic Ice Project: We intend to brighten sea ice to make it act like older sea ice

[Renaud de RICHTER]

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Subject: Research at a Crossroads: Push us over the Edge

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[Andrew Lockley]

I am curious about the fate of these microspheres.

A skim of Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_microsphere

suggests that some can float on water. I'm unsure whether those used for this experiment would do. Any that float may ultimately become airborne (in sea spray or from wind blown shoreline deposition), leading to significant terrestrial rainout - as large material volumes are surely used. Wind blown snow is common, and lifting these spheres from the ice surface seems plausible, also. 

If they don't float, they will presumably end up at the bottom of the ocean in layers comparably thick to that on the ice surface. 

I have no special knowledge of any of these processes, and I'd like to hear from someone who does. All my comments are curious speculating. 

Andrew 

 

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[Peter Flynn]

I had read from the research information that in a chemical and size sense the spheres could be thought of as sand, just shaped to be highly reflective. But the question of whether they float is a good one.

 

Peter

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