With further melting, refreezing, and increased weight from newer snowfall above, the snow reaches a granular recrystallized stage intermediate between flakes and ice known as firn.

随着进一步的融化、再结冰，以及上方新的降雪增加的重量，这些雪变成再次结晶阶段的颗粒状中间物，介于小薄片与冰块之间，被称作万年雪。

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Snowfall amounts in Antarctica have not increased for the past 50 years, according to a new study.

根据一份新的研究，南极洲的降雪量在过去50年内并没有增加。

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In the Alps up to 50 centimetres (20 inches) of new snowfall has increased the risk of avalanches.

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There is an emotionally satisfying explanation: maybe global warming is causing the increased snowfall.

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Increased evaporation from the exposed sea should also mean more snowfall to compensate for the ice cap's losses (though together with rapid erosion at the margins this could increase the gradient of the ice cap, making it less stable.) But this is small consolation for another big fear: rapid thawing of the Arctic permafrost.

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