For the past few years, scientists have watched, aghast, as global temperatures have surged — with both 2023 and 2024 ...

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As the snow melts or starts to melt, the albedo number can fall to as low as 0.4 or even 0.2, meaning the reflectivity decreases. Albedo also plays a role in the summer. Darker surfaces absorb ...

We're looking at 3 chances for snow this week, on Tuesday and Wednesday, Thursday and again next weekend. Here's how much snow to expect in Mass., NH.

Ever wondered about the white lines stretching across the sky? These are contrails—condensation trails formed by aircraft ...

I received a question from one of my younger readers, which showed a good understanding of weather fundamentals. He ...

In June 2024, southern China experienced record-breaking heavy rainfall, resulting in devastating societal and economic ...

4 degrees in Lafayette, the lowest ever in records going back to ... known as the snowpack refrigeration effect. Snow has a high albedo, or reflectivity. During the day, snow on the ground ...

This is known as the ice-albedo feedback. Surface temperatures in the Arctic Ocean ... In 2012, scientists recorded the lowest Arctic sea ice minimum on record, when the ice cap shrank to 1.32 million ...