ice-albedo feedback
English
Noun
ice
-
albedo
feedback
(
uncountable
)
A
climate
process
involving
positive feedback
, where a change in the
area
of
ice caps
,
glaciers
and
sea ice
alters the
albedo
and
surface
temperature
of a
planet
, because ice
reflects
more
solar energy
back into space than land or open water.
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