This session welcomes research that explores the potential effectiveness, or lack thereof, of active intervention techniques for slowing or preventing sea level rise from retreating ice sheets and glaciers. Possible intervention techniques include, but are not limited to: methods for limiting ice melt or reducing calving at the ocean boundary; methods for limiting sliding at the basal boundary; and methods for increasing mass deposition or reducing ablation on the sub-aerial boundary. Research that explores the potential impact of planetary-scale climate interventions (such as Carbon Dioxide Removal or Solar Radiation Management) on ice sheets and glaciers is welcome too. We welcome numerical, theoretical, observational, or experimental physical science and engineering research aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of such interventions, as well as research focused on the legal, cultural, or economic costs and benefits thereof. Submissions from both supporters and opponents of interventions are encouraged.
Research in Active Conservation Methods for Ice Sheets and Glaciers