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Soot and Dirt Is Melting Snow and Ice Around the World

2014-06-10 15:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Geographic: It's easy to imagine new snow so bright that we must avert our eyes even while wearing sunglasses. What scientists are discovering, though, is this brilliant whiteness of snow and ice is increasingly being dimmed by air pollution. From Greenland's ice sheets to Himalayan glaciers and the snowpacks of western North America, layers of dust and soot are darkening the color of glaciers and snowpacks, causing them to absorb more solar heat and melt more quickly, and earlier in spring. This trend...

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