<div>Could sprinkling sand save the Arctic's shrinking sea ice?</div>

Arctic Dispatches, part 3: A pilot project at a lake in northern Alaska is one of a number aiming to slow climate change with geoengineering – but some worry about unintended consequences‘Amazing but also concerning’: weird wildlife ventures to northern AlaskaWhat happened to winter? Vanishing ice convulses Alaskans’ way of lifeAs a test location for a project that aims to ensure the livability of Earth, a frozen lake near the northern tip of Alaska could seem rather inauspicious.While the North Meadow Lake near Utqiaġvik, formerly known as Barrow, may be relatively nondescript, it will be the staging ground this month for an ambitious attempt to safeguard the Arctic’s rapidly diminishing sea ice and stave off the most punishing effects of global warming. The world may have warmed by around 1C (1.8F) over the past century but the Arctic far outstrips this global average and is warming at around twice the rate of the rest of the world. Related: 'Taste the difference': Farm-to-fork movement takes off in urban Flanders Continue reading...