An international Albedo Accord is needed to reverse the darkening of the world, making sunlight reflection a key climate strategy. Albedo loss causes about four times more immediate warming than ...

Scientists at the Australian Antarctic Partnership Program are just beginning to understand the dire effects of extremely low ...

The cloud fraction diurnal variation (CDV) regulates the Earth system's radiative budget and balance, influencing atmospheric variables such as temperature and humidity, as well as physical processes ...

Starlink satellites orbit approximately 342 miles (550 kilometers) above Earth and put on a spectacular show for observers as ...

This paper presents some of the preliminary results generated by the MODIS BRDF and albedo science data product (MOD43B). The operational algorithm relies on a semiempirical kernel-based bidirectional ...

A study published in Geophysical Research Letters reveals that glaciers in western Canada, the United States, and Switzerland ...

Antarctic sea ice is more than just a platform for penguins. The sea ice's high reflectivity influences the whole Earth's ...

A study published today in Geophysical Research Letters reveals that glaciers in western Canada, the United States, and Switzerland lost around 12 ...

For almost a century, Science News journalists have covered advances in science, medicine and technology for the general public, including the 1925 Scopes “monkey” trial, the advent of the ...

He taught science to middle schoolers on his most famous TV show, Bill Nye the Science Guy, which aired from 1993 to 1998 and won 19 Daytime Emmy Awards. He’s written books advocating for a ...

New research from the Future Ecosystems for Africa program at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, has created the most accurate maps yet of where reforestation can effectively combat ...