InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months ago[Not the Onion] Deep in the Canadian Arctic...hexbear.netimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up172arrow-down1image[Not the Onion] Deep in the Canadian Arctic...hexbear.netInevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepancake@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·6 months agoIce isolates water from the cold air above though. And simply freezing lots of water makes the surface more reflective too, which mitigates further heating.
minus-squareHello_Kitty_enjoyer [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 months agoit’s still stupid because now the ice on top melts easier due to salt. whereas the freshwater natural snow layer would not
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Ice isolates water from the cold air above though. And simply freezing lots of water makes the surface more reflective too, which mitigates further heating.
it’s still stupid because now the ice on top melts easier due to salt. whereas the freshwater natural snow layer would not