News about the Seabed Curtain Initiative

"Can $500 million save this glacier?" The New York Times interviewed John Moore, the lead of the UArctic Thematic Network on Frozen Arctic Conservation, for their piece on preserving glaciers and slowing sea-level rise.

UArctic Thematic Network on Frozen Arctic Conservation lead, Prof. John Moore and vice-lead, researcher Ilona Mettiäinen from the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland participated in the Arctic Momentum event in Helsinki on August 29 - September 1, 2023, as invited speakers.

The melting of the Greenland ice sheet has the potential to increase global sea levels by tens of centimeters during this century. The exact amount depends on the surface melting which increases with global warming, and on the calving of icebergs where huge glaciers drain the interior icesheet.

Invited by world leading Arctic scientists, Aker Solutions joined the UArctic Frederik Paulsen High-level Seminar in Iceland in October 2022 to share its engineering expertise. Scientific discussions on how to slow the melting of the Greenland ice cap, through a physical barrier, were the focus of the three-day workshop. 

In the "Saving Antarctica’s Ice" video discussion, John Moore, the lead of the UArctic Thematic Network on Frozen Arctic Conservation explains to climatologists Peter Wadhams and Paul Beckwith his proposal to set up underwater curtains anchored to the sea bed in deep channels that funnel warm water under the Thwaites Ice Shel...

A process has started to connect scientists, engineers, writers, economists and politicians with the indigenous rightsholders in Greenland to discuss active conservation of the Greenland ice sheet. In their meetings in Reykjavik they have agreed that research on topic is urgently needed.