We are demanding that the Arctic Ice Project, headquartered in Redwood City, CA, cease all research operations for projects and methods intended for use in the Arctic. This research would lead to the dumping of millions of silica-based synthetic glass microbeads onto the Arctic Ice.

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What is the Arctic Ice Project?
Arctic Ice Project (which used to be called Ice 911) is doing research on a project, which proposes to dump millions of synthetic silica-based hollow glass microspheres annually in locations that include the Beaufort Gyre and the Fram Strait in the Arctic, and possibly the Himalayas in Asia. This so-called technology is being tested outdoors on ocean ice on a lake in Utqaigvik (formerly known as Barrow, Alaska), among many other locations. The testing in Utqaigvik is being done with no tribal community consultation and without an environmental impact assessment or statement. The supposed idea is that the material will make the Arctic ice more reflective (increase ice surface albedo) and give the ice a chance to thicken, buying time to combat climate change. The synthetic microbeads are very small, like a fine powder, and they appear to float in the air when they are released before they settle (depending on wind conditions). They are hollow so when they blow off of the ice into open water, they float, making the tiny synthetic beads impossible to contain or control. This is true especially at the scale the project proposes to release the glass.