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Cracks in Arctic sea ice turn low clouds on and off 

January 10, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Arctic, Climate Change, Clouds, Sea Ice

The prevailing view has been that more leads are associated with more low-level clouds during winter. But University of Utah atmospheric scientists noticed something strange in their study of these leads: when lead occurrence was greater, there were fewer, not more clouds. 

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Scientists Prepare Ship for Mission Locked in Arctic Ice

September 20, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Arctic, Atmospheric Aerosols, Climate, Clouds, Sea Ice

The German icebreaker RV Polarstern is scheduled to set sail today from Tromsø, Norway, for a 13-month journey to wherever the sea ice takes it. In a week or so, the ship will get locked into the Arctic ice and drift with the ice floes for a year so that scientists can gather unprecedented data about the Arctic climate.