For scientists, effects of snow falling on ice are an Arctic mystery
Whether snow harms or hurts sea-ice formation appears to be determined in large part on when and where it falls.
April 13, 2018
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Snow plays a fickle role in the formation of sea ice, sometimes hindering it, sometimes helping the process along. Recent research seems to indicate that as temperatures rise and sea ice generally thins, a phenomenon known as snow-ice will occur more often, though scientists are at odds about what effect it will have on sea ice.
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