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  • Clouds are brighter near Antarctica. How does that affect climate?

    Feb 28, 2018 10:15 am by Samantha Jones ToalResearch
    NASA image of the Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf in Antarctica

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    • NASA image of the Riiser-Larsen Ice Shelf in Antarctica

    Brighter clouds reflect more sunlight back to space, which 'means the energy balance over the Southern Ocean is different than the energy balance over everywhere else'