Survey finds regional patterns of soot and dirt across snow packs
Seattle WA (SPX) Jan 11, 2015 - Snow is not as white as it looks. Mixed in with the reflective flakes are tiny, dark particles of pollution. University of Washington scientists recently published the first large-scale survey of impurities in North American snow to see whether they might absorb enough sunlight to speed melt rates and influence climate. The results, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, show th ... more
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