«We suggest that cool sea surface temperatures around Antarctica could offset projected snowfall increases in Antarctica, with implications for estimates of future sea - level rise.» (chimalaya.org)
Researchers reported in March that over the past 20,000 years, warmer temperatures have indeed correlated with higher snowfall: For each Fahrenheit degree of warming, snowfall increased by about 2.7 percent. (discovermagazine.com)
While snowfall increases have helped buffer Greenland's interior, the thawing of glaciers all around the coast have more than offset any gain made over the last few years; since measurements began in 1979, Steffen estimates that melting has jumped by 30 %. (treehugger.com)