The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) has established that global warming is inevitable and will persist for ...

In recent years, the conversation around climate change has intensified, and for good reason. One driving factor in this ...

Albedo is a measure of Earth’s reflectance ... As we continue to impact the ocean-atmosphere system, we must look to deep-time climate change — particularly these abrupt and seemingly ...

As witnesses to a changing climate over millennia, the Antarctic ice sheets are a unique record for studying past climate change informing ... (this is called the albedo effect).

Sea ice reflects sunlight, providing a buffer to the effects of warmer temperatures. When sea ice is lost and the darker ocean surface is exposed, more warmth is absorbed by the sea, exacerbating the ...

In recent years, climate change has become the go-to explanation for a variety of extreme weather events. It’s easy to see ...

The interconnectedness of these phenomena illustrates how climate change is not just an environmental ... to what scientists refer to as ice-albedo feedback. Ice naturally reflects sunlight ...