Researchers with a new study on smoke and the ‘ice albedo effect’ are startled by the quick pace of melting.

So often we are socked in by clouds here in Michigan. Very often we can blame it on lake-effect clouds. In the case of today we actually have the opposite of lake-effect clouds. The clouds right ...

In a paper published in National Science Review, a Chinese team of scientists conducted an analysis on how changes in Arctic snow and ice cover affect cloud short-wave radiative effects, using ...

Scientists from McGill University have discovered that changes in cloud cover slightly mitigate global warming. While greenhouse gases continue to drive temperature increases, a reduction in low-level ...

John Wheeler: The effect of albedo on temperatures Snow-covered ground has an albedo between 0.40 and 0.90, meaning snow cover reflects between 40 and 90% of the radiation.

Global cloud coverage appears to be shrinking and could be exacerbating the warming effects of climate change, according to research based on NASA satellite data. In a study published August ...

The scientists scoured NASA satellite data, weather data and climate models and found the decline in low clouds reduced the planet’s albedo to record lows last year.

Fewer-than-expected low-lying clouds has been identified as a potential reason behind mystery global warming in 2023. Last year was the hottest on record, reaching 1.45 degrees of warming since ...

Snow reflects the sunlight back into space without converting it into heat (the albedo effect). The trees in this plantation in South Greenland reduce the albedo effect.

Cloudy science, clear insights: Atmospheric scientist studies clouds’ causes and effects Cloud formation and behavior in lab teach researchers about Earth, other planets ...