Questions tagged [cryosphere]

Questions regarding the area of the Earth where water is in solid form, including sea ice, lake ice, river ice, snow cover, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, and permafrost.

The cryosphere refers to those portions of Earth's surface where water is in solid form, including sea ice, lake ice, river ice, snow cover, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, and frozen ground (which includes permafrost).

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When does the Northern Hemisphere reach minimum land area covered by solid H2O?

What's the average day of the year when the fewest square miles of the hemisphere's land is covered by snow or ice or transitional forms like slush? Not counting anything below ground like permafrost or uh, temporaryfrost. Maybe the land minimum is…
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