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I've often wondered about the megatons of soot blowing over the north polar region from China. As someone who has lived with winter 6 months of the year for 50
by pjkundert 9y ago
I've often wondered about the megatons of soot blowing over the north polar region from China.
As someone who has lived with winter 6 months of the year for 50 years, I thought it was pretty obvious to everyone that by far the largest determinant of snow melt was albedo change due to soil contamination.
- jschwartzi 9y agoIt makes sense to me. One of the things you look for when kicking steps up a mountain snowfield is dirty snow. The dirt causes it to melt faster than surrounding snow, and when it refreezes it becomes a more stable surface to stand on and to kick steps into.
- throwaway5752 9y agoGoogle "ice albedo feedback" and you'll find that it's very well known among climate scientists modeling global warming, too.