Cities having higher ambient temperatures than rural surroundings (known as the urban heat island effect) could offset some ...

The startup is basically two guys from Silicon Valley who have been releasing weather balloons filled with hydrogen gas and ...

Reindeer, often associated with wintry folklore and Arctic landscapes, are emerging as unexpected warriors in the battle ...

In a compelling new animated video released today, Climate Resolve, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit focused on climate ...

In contrast, cool surfaces with higher reflectance—or albedo—reflect more sunlight back into space, cooling cities and reducing the amount of heat reradiated from the atmosphere back to Earth.

Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute analyzed satellite data and found that the Earth's albedo, or reflectivity, was at its lowest level since at least 1940. This decrease in albedo allows ...

While the transition to renewable energy is both urgent and complex, one startup solving the complexity associated with solar energy is SolarDuck.

Another factor in the acceleration of glacial melting is the loss of the “albedo effect.” White snow and ice reflect more sunlight and therefore absorb less heat than dark soil and rock.

“Implications are serious: the increased open water lowers the average albedo [reflectivity] of the planet, accelerating global warming; and we are also finding the open water causing seabed ...

With less sea ice to reflect solar radiation ... times faster the rest of the world (largely due to the Arctic Ocean albedo effect), the more isolated Antarctic has until recently been somewhat ...