The other big factor is the reflectance of snow, known as albedo. Albedo is defined as the ratio between how much light a material reflects -- to the amount of incoming light. We give different ...

temperature reductions attributed to increased pavement albedo (light reflection, rather than absorption) resulted in more than $90 million per year in savings. Reflective pavement also reduces ...

Germany-based Solmax has developed a reflective membrane made of polyethylene ... a material that reportedly increases the albedo of the surface below a PV power plant by around 70%, allowing ...

Dartmouth researcher Gabriel Lewis measures reflectivity on Greenland's ice ... Greenland to become darker and may lead to additional surface melt. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!