Climate change - ice and snow and the albedo effect

Climate change - ice and snow and the albedo effect (map/graphic/illustration)
Climate change - ice and snow and the albedo effect. Changes in the polar regions can cause more warming in the entire planet earth system through feedback effects. One such effect is the reduction of ice and snow due to warmer temperatures. When the white and gray snow and ice disappears, less sun rays are reflected out and instead the heat is absorbed by land and sea - which causes further increase in the warming.
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Link to web-site http://www.grida.no/polar/ipy/2841.aspx
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Hugo Ahlenius, UNEP/GRID-Arendal
Appears in International Polar Year (IPY) educational posters
Published 2008
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