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"Spring is coming" — A pedestrian walks past a pile of snow in Boston.

How is the world getting both a) warmer and b) snowier in some places? Here’s how.

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Global temperatures are going up but that doesn’t necessarily mean less snow. Here’s a brief explainer of what seems like a contradiction.

This natural-color image taken on July 4, 2010, by the Advanced Land Imager on NASA's Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite, shows a sapphire-colored pond springing up as snow and ice melt atop the glaciers in southwestern Greenland.

Greenland’s snow is getting darker, and that’s bad for you and me

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This natural-color image taken on July 4, 2010, by the Advanced Land Imager on NASA's Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite, shows a sapphire-colored pond springing up as snow and ice melt atop the glaciers in southwestern Greenland.

Greenland’s snow is getting darker, and that’s bad for you and me

Global Scan

The Balkans’ flooding is linked to climate change. And here’s how

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VIDEO: Central Plains states rocked by deadly blizzard

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