Nearly 2 decades’ of satellite observations suggest that an increase in Arctic cloudiness at certain times of the year may partially counteract the effects of global warming in the region.
On a year-round basis, the total cloudiness at latitudes above 60N–a latitude that swings near Oslo, the southern tip of Greenland, and Seward, Alaska–hasn’t changed significantly in recent years.
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