Greenland Glacier – Greg Laden's Blog https://gregladen.com/blog Thu, 16 May 2013 13:23:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://i0.wp.com/gregladen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Greg_Ladens_Blog_Favicon_black_GLb.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Greenland Glacier – Greg Laden's Blog https://gregladen.com/blog 32 32 77525483 Dark Snow Project on The Weather Channel https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/05/16/dark-snow-project-on-the-weather-channel/ https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/05/16/dark-snow-project-on-the-weather-channel/#respond Thu, 16 May 2013 13:23:38 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=16617 Continue reading Dark Snow Project on The Weather Channel →]]> The melting of the Greenland ice sheet is a problem, and it seems to be happening faster than scientists had originally thought it might. This is probably because of soot darkening the snow, which collects solar heat and melts the ice. Some, perhaps much, of this soot may come from the extensive fires we are experiencing. That increase in fires is probably caused by global warming. The problem is, we don’t know enough about the “Dark Snow” phenomenon. There is a group of scientists trying to study this, and they have turned to Crowd Funding to help make this possible.

Here is recent coverage on The Weather Channel.

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