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<p><em>The role of clouds and warm air masses from the open ocean for the rapid warming of the Arctic is at the heart of a recent Alfred Wegener Institute project on Svalbard. The researchers are applying a new perspective and tracking how individual air masses cool above the sea ice, form clouds, and lose moisture through precipitation. To do so, they&rsquo;re using specially designed weather balloons capable of continually measuring the temperature and humidity within a given air mass.</em></p>

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