The drastic idea has been praised by some scientists as 'highly aspirational', while others have branded it 'dangerous, illusionary and distracting'.
Scientists are designing a radical 62-mile long curtain to protect Antarctica's so-called 'doomsday' Thwaites Glacier from melting. The largest glacier on Earth is nicknamed the 'doomsday' glacier because it would drastically drive up sea levels around the world if it melted entirely, though this would take hundreds of years.
Are blind to governance and environmental protocols, especially in the Antarctic,' Prof Siegert said. 'These ideas are dangerous, illusionary and distracting.' Dr Bethan Davies, senior lecturer in physical geography at Newcastle University, said building on the sea floor in an icy polar environment would be 'astronomically challenging'.
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