This week’s Sunday Science Tidbit we’re going to talk about albedo. Albedo comes from the latin word “alba” which means white. It describes how reflective something is on a scale from 0 to 1 with 0 ...

Concrete and pavement are warm, while grassy or snowy areas are cool. That's an observation we are familiar with. Have you ever wondered why each material has a different temperature? Why aren't all ...

A historic climate change agreement was signed on December 12, 2015 (local time), in which the world agreed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to combat global warming. At the plenary session held at ...

A new study provides a global analysis of where restoration of tree cover is most effective at cooling the global climate system, considering not just the cooling from carbon storage but also the ...

Considering the globe as a whole, high clouds and cloud-free scenes result in warming of the Earth's atmosphere, as less energy escapes into space than arrives from the sun. For low clouds, it's the ...

This episode is about how different objects absorb or reflect light, called albedo. We will use dark things and light things to show how it works. It all comes down to this thing called albedo. White ...

After dropping for about 15 years, the amount of sunlight Earth reflects back into space, called albedo, has increased since 2000, a new study concludes. That means less energy is reaching the surface ...

Melting Arctic sea ice has contributed considerably more to warming at the top of the world than previously predicted by climate models, according to a new analysis of 30 years of satellite ...

Considering the globe as a whole, high clouds and cloud-free scenes result in warming of the Earth's atmosphere, as less energy escapes into space than arrives from the sun. For low clouds, it's the ...

Researchers find a potential explanation for the unusually sudden temperature rise in 2023: reduced low-level cloud cover limits Earth’s ability to reflect solar radiation. Rising sea levels, melting ...