Albedo is a word describing the portion of the sun’s radiation reflected from a surface. It is also an important element of our weather. Most sunlight passes directly through air with relatively ...

The sun heats the Earth’s surface with solar radiation, and how quickly it heats everything up depends on the color of the surfaces being heated. Albedo is the term that describes the fraction of ...

FARGO — Albedo is a word describing the portion of the sun’s radiation reflected from a surface. Most sunlight passes directly through air with relatively little absorption. The reason it is usually ...

Considering the globe as a whole, high clouds and cloud-free scenes result in warming of the Earth's atmosphere, as less energy escapes into space than arrives from the sun. For low clouds, it's the ...