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Arctic Amplification and what it relates to. Every line is an evidence-backed relation, and the arrangement is fixed — this address draws this picture, today and next year.

caused_by — Retreating bright ice exposes dark ocean that absorbs more solar energy - the ice-albedo feedback is a principal contributor, though the lapse-rate feedback and changes in poleward heat transport also contribute and their relative weight is contested.located_in — The effect is defined for the Arctic and has no Antarctic equivalent, because the southern hemisphere has a high ice-covered continent where the north has an ocean.Arctic AmplificationArctic AmplificationSea IceSea IceArctic OceanArctic Ocean
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  1. Arctic Amplification · caused_by · Sea Ice

    Retreating bright ice exposes dark ocean that absorbs more solar energy - the ice-albedo feedback is a principal contributor, though the lapse-rate feedback and changes in poleward heat transport also contribute and their relative weight is contested.

  2. Arctic Amplification · located_in · Arctic Ocean

    The effect is defined for the Arctic and has no Antarctic equivalent, because the southern hemisphere has a high ice-covered continent where the north has an ocean.