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 ...

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!

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 ...

or reflectivity, was at its lowest level since at least 1940. This decrease in albedo allows more solar radiation to reach and warm the planet's surface. According to Phys.org, the researchers ...