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Ice-albedo feedback

Sun with arrows showing heat energy hitting an Earth globe and being reflected back with a text explanation of the ice-albedo feedback.

The ice albedo effect refers to the general tendency of ice and snow to reflect solar radiation due to their high albedo (reflectivity).

Ice-albedo feedback is the process where changes in ice cover, due to warming, affect the Earth’s albedo, which in turn amplifies the initial warming or cooling.

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