The amount of radiation reflected is known as albedo. Having lots of fresh snow increases albedo because the sun penetrates into the powder, reflecting off the small, newly fallen crystals.

Small changes in cloud cover can “drastically change Earth’s albedo,” he told CNN. Tapio Schneider, a climate scientist at the California Institute of Technology, said the worrying ...

Global sea ice cover reached record lows in February 2025, highlighting urgent climate change impacts and the need for ...

Climate change is causing more intense atmospheric rivers ... reflective snow, increasing the snow's albedo and delaying the onset of ice melt by almost 2 weeks. Study co-author Alun Hubbard, a field ...

FARGO — Albedo is a word describing the portion of the sun’s radiation reflected from a surface. Most solar radiation passes directly through air with relatively little absorption. The reason ...

Germany-based company Solmax Geosynthetics GmbH, which supplies “geosynthetic drainage geocomposites” has developed a material that reportedly increases the albedo of the surface below a PV ...

Albedo wants to build up to 24 such satellites ... directions—necessary to take photos—trickier too, since a change in orientation can mean a big change in the forces the satellite experiences.