Snowpacks absorb more sunlight as they warm. The Antarctic Plateau may buck this trend over the twenty-first century as increased snowfall there inhibits the snowpack from dimming.
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Zender, C. Snowfall brightens Antarctic future. Nature Clim Change 2, 770–771 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1730
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