why does not it rain in antarctica?
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Antarctica is technically a desert, and a particularly dry one at that. This is because the cold air simply can't hold much water. There's no precipitation without humidity, and there's no humidity without heat. You might be wondering why the continent is covered in snow if it rarely falls.
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Despite having sub-zero average temperatures, coastal Antarctica is sometimes above freezing, allowing rain to fall. But further inland, and at the South Pole, the temperature is permanently below freezing, and so it only ever snows. ...
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