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roads (especially salted), and snow can weaken the ice, and "tree stumps, rocks and docks absorb heat from the sun, causing ice around them to melt." Ice may melt faster along shorelines. Ice under a layer of snow will be thinner and weaker due to the snow's insulating effect; a new snowfall can also warm up and melt existing ice. However, snow or snow ice may also absorb or reflect incoming solar radiation and prevent rotting until the snow is melted. Regardless of thickness, ice will be weakened by multiple freezes and thaws or layers of snow inside the ice itself. It melts more quickly than solid ice.
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north of Alaska found that most of the ice present had become rotten ice, instead of thick, solid ice that had either been newly formed or present for multiple years. This
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