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Blowing hot and cold

Measurements from a yearlong drift in sea ice across the Central Arctic show that large amounts of fine sea salt particles are produced during blowing snow events, affecting cloud properties and warming the surface.

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Jaeglé, L. Blowing hot and cold. Nat. Geosci. 16, 756–757 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01261-9

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