Could the drilling sector mitigate rising sea levels?

Could the drilling sector provide a solution to the fast melting of the glaciers of Antarctica? Writing on behalf of GeoDrilling International, Signe Hansen explores an idea studied by scientists for years and promoted by a Bloomberg columnist this spring.

Scientists have explored the idea of pumping through the ice sheets of Antarctica to dry the base of fast-flowing ice streams to slow their flow into the sea

29 June 2022
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Recently, Kim Stanley Robinson, a Bloomberg columnist, enthusiastically supported the idea of slowing down the slide of the planet's big glaciers', by drilling through the ice sheet and pumping out

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