Make arctic ice with wind powered water pumps?

[PlanetJosh]

I hope this plan succeeds so much. The story has been in the news a little for about two months but I didn't find anything in Anand in search. Can you imagine this if it works?

http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/wind-powered-pumps-could-make-arctic-ice

 

[cbrunny]

Teach me physics because I don't understand how this would help. It would be great if it worked. But I don't understand.

You pump cold water from in the ocean up through the ice and coat the ice with it. This water freezes into ice. The ice gets heavy and pushes the iceberg down into the water. It melts. Repeat.

Isn't the reason this is a problem because the oceans are warming? If the water is warm(er than 0C), this won't actually help. No?

And doesn't a lot of the ice contain high concentrations of CO2 from when it was naturally abundant, meaning if this cycle causes ice to melt towards the bottom of the bergs... it'll release more CO2....?

Am I idiot or is Dr. Science idiot?

 

[SaltyNuts]

What a dumb idea. Who cares about ice loss anyways? I think we'd all agree that the Earth was a much healthier/diverse place back when the dinosaurs roamed the earth. This was (at least in part) because it was hotter back then. There were tyrannosaurs in Antarctica for christ's sake! Plus, cold weather sucks just generally.