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Will spring snow melt in the Arctic occur earlier or later?

Thursday, January 10th, 2013

I keep thinking about this question as I write up the results of our project. I posted about it once before here. On the one hand, warmer temperatures should melt snow earlier. On the other hand, warmer air holds more water, which can increase snowfall and snowpack depth. Deeper snowpacks may ...

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