Environmental Science for AP* (2nd Edition)

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 1464108684
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Chapter 19 - Module 62 - Global Climate Change and the Greenhouse Effect - AP Review Questions - Page 673: 5

Answer

Lowering surface albedo.

Work Step by Step

Particulates that fall on ice and snow in the higher latitudes absorb more energy of the Sun by lowering the albedo.
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