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Finnish researchers examined a 49-foot firn core, a length of densely packed snow turning to ice that can act as a natural recordkeeper of snow accumulation.
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Troy Aidan Sambajon, Christian Science Monitor, 20 May 2025
The researchers dug into this portion of snow and extracted a 15-meter-long (about 50 feet) firn core that represented nearly a decade of snow accumulation.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025
Ice and firn, or dense snow leftover from previous seasons, also disappeared from the ridge.
—Kasha Patel, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Aug. 2022
But some research has suggested that the firn can fill up too quickly during years with high melt rates.
—Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 2 Aug. 2019
The firn layer in the ice sheet, the boundary between snow and ice, is heating up and becoming denser.
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 8 Dec. 2018
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Troy Aidan Sambajon, Christian Science Monitor, 20 May 2025
The researchers dug into this portion of snow and extracted a 15-meter-long (about 50 feet) firn core that represented nearly a decade of snow accumulation.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025
Ice and firn, or dense snow leftover from previous seasons, also disappeared from the ridge.
—Kasha Patel, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Aug. 2022
But some research has suggested that the firn can fill up too quickly during years with high melt rates.
—Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 2 Aug. 2019
The firn layer in the ice sheet, the boundary between snow and ice, is heating up and becoming denser.
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 8 Dec. 2018
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“Firn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/firn. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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