Global Ice Albedo ALTERNATE
This is a conceptual animation showing how polar ice reflects light from the sun. As this ice begins to melt, less sunlight gets reflected into space. It is instead absorbed into the oceans and land, raising the overall temperature, and fueling further melting.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
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Animators
- Susan Twardy (HTSI)
- Cindy Starr (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
Release date
This page was originally published on Monday, September 17, 2007.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:55 PM EDT.
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