by
zopemaster
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published
Jul 05, 2007
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:21 AM
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filed under:
glaciers,
geomorphology,
climate - influences,
climate change, climate policy,
research, science
A new study reveals that dust blown hundreds of kilometres by the wind from erosion zones or dry regions is capable of speeding up the snowmelt in the mountains of Colorado/USA by around one month. Researchers at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder were surprised not by the fact that the dust-covered snow cover was found to melt more quickly but by the extent to which this occurred in measurements and simulations.
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