Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Coal mine dust lowers spectral reflectance of Arctic snow by up to 84 percent

02/15/2017 10:00 AM EST

collecting spectral reflectance measurements of surface snow with corresponding snow samples

Dust released by an active coal mine in Svalbard, Norway, reduced the spectral reflectance of nearby snow and ice by up to 84 percent, according to new University of Colorado Boulder-led research.


Full story at http://www.colorado.edu/today/2017/02/01/coal-mine-dust-hastens-arctic-snow-melt

Source
University of Colorado Boulder


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