Building walls on the seabed helps prevent sea level rise?

According to a new study published in Cryosphere Magazine, the construction of seabed walls can prevent melting glaciers as well as sea level rise.

Scientists from the European Union of Earth Sciences (EGU), author of the study, argued that walls built on the glacier bottom would help prevent ice sheets from sliding down and collapsing. They proposed the idea of ​​building a "simple structure" on the seabed before finding more complex structures in the future to improve efficiency.

Building walls on the seabed is believed to help prevent glaciers from melting and rising sea levels.(Photo: INEWS).

Two researchers Michael Wolovick of Princeton University (USA) and John Moore of Lapland University (Finland) said short-term priorities for preventing glaciers from melting and rising sea levels are still reducing emissions. However, in the long run, people still need to plan to deal with the collapse of a ribbon.

The study authors acknowledge that the construction of the sea wall will take place in a much tougher environment than the projects ever built so the probability of success is only 30%.

In 2016, US Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) experts found that ice in the West of Antarctica was melting faster than expected. In a report published in Nature Communications, they explained that the warm water flowing below the ice sheets could be the cause of the problem. Ice bands play an important role in maintaining sea level.

The amount of ice lost in the West of Antarctica has increased by 70% in the past decade, according to a study published in Science. Scientists predict that sea level will rise from 30-200 cm by 2100.