claim: Maximum warming occurs over the surface during winter while less surface warming is found in summer when heat is being used to melt sea ice.
evidences.evidence_id: Climate of the Arctic:135
evidences.article: Climate of the Arctic
evidences.evidence: In summer, the sea ice keeps the surface from warming above freezing.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Cryosphere:36
evidences.article: Cryosphere
evidences.evidence: While snow and ice act to insulate the surface from large energy losses in winter, they also act to retard warming in the spring and summer because of the large amount of energy required to melt ice (the latent heat of fusion, 3.34 x 105 J/kg at 0 °C).
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Ice age:120
evidences.article: Ice age
evidences.evidence: This low precipitation allows high-latitude snowfalls to melt during the summer.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Sea ice:102
evidences.article: Sea ice
evidences.evidence: In the Arctic, the area of ocean covered by sea ice increases over winter from a minimum in September to a maximum in March or sometimes February, before melting over the summer.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Sea ice:125
evidences.article: Sea ice
evidences.evidence: As the sea ice melts, its surface area shrinks, diminishing the size of the reflective surface and therefore causing the earth to absorb more of the sun's heat.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO REFUTES