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I'ts not a lot of ice compared to the ocean. A bigger problem is that ice reflects light and in this way keeps the temperature down.
by dependsontheq 6y ago
I'ts not a lot of ice compared to the ocean. A bigger problem is that ice reflects light and in this way keeps the temperature down.
- jansan 6y agoBut there is not that much sunlight at the poles, which is actually the reason why there is ice. Also, the antarctic ice coverage seems to be pretty stable.
- noiv 6y agoDepends on the season, in summer with 24/7 sunlight the Arctic takes more heat than a location near the equator.
- nickff 6y agoApparently the Arctic gets more insolation than the Antarctic, but the former only peaks at about 25% higher than the Equatorial mean, and the peak is relatively short.[1] [1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/insolation https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sci...
- noiv 6y agoYou might want to read what you link: Because the insolation function is the same for the northern and southern hemispheres, i.e., S˜(φ,ε)=S˜(−φ,−ε), annual solar insolation is the same for corresponding latitudes in each hemisphere.