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Sheep's wool blanket cuts Alpine glacier melting by half
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Students in the Alps covered a glacier with sheep's wool as an experiment, and three months later the protected area was melting over 50% slower than before. The low-cost method, which uses waste wool to reflect sunlight and insulate the ice, is being praised as a simple, scalable idea to slow glacier retreat, though applying it to whole glaciers would be far more difficult.
Why now: The striking result of a cheap, unusual experiment offers rare positive news on glacier melting.
Evidence
- Four students wrapped part of an alpine glacier in sheep's wool in June — and cut summer melt in half by September · Futura, le média qui explore le monde
- Students covered an Alpine glacier in sheep’s wool: 3 months later, they slashed melting by over 50% · Diario AS
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