"What caught our eye was that, in both the NASA and ECMWF datasets, 2023 stood out as the year with the lowest planetary albedo," says co-author Dr Thomas Rackow from the ECMWF. Planetary albedo ...

"What caught our eye was that, in both the NASA and ECMWF datasets, 2023 stood out as the year with the lowest planetary albedo," says co-author Dr. Thomas Rackow from the ECMWF. Planetary albedo ...

The study found that the albedo effect in the Arctic was falling decade-on-decade A loss of snow and ice cover are the main reasons for a reduction in the Arctic's ability to reflect heat ...