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T1 Global Outlook for Ice and Snow - Chapter 3
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 ice
PB United Nations Environment Programme
SN 978-92-807-2799-9
YR 2007
FD 2007
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/14474
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/14474
NO Changes in ice and snow are influenced by variability within the climate system itself and by external factors such as greenhouse gases, solar variability, and volcanic dust – factors that act on time scales from months to hundreds of thousands of years. During the 21st century, the most important external influence on high latitude climate and on ice and snow conditions will be the increase in greenhouse gases. Natural climate variability will still impose regional, decadal, and year-to-year differences, and feedbacks will become increasingly important in the climate system. Before 2050 the ice albedo feedback will accelerate the loss of Arctic sea ice. Warmer temperatures will reduce the area of snow cover and produce an earlier melt in snow-covered regions. This reduced snow cover will itself speed up warming
NO https://www.unep.org/geo/geo_ice/
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 23, 2026