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ice-albedo feedback: a standalone construct

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Climate science

the amplifying loop in which melting ice exposes darker surfaces that absorb more sunlight and cause further warming.

In climate science, ice-albedo feedback refers to the amplifying loop in which melting ice exposes darker surfaces that absorb more sunlight and cause further warming. This meaning comes from Budyko (1969) in Tellus.[1]

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References

Budyko, M. I. (1969). The effect of solar radiation variations on the climate of the Earth. Tellus, 21(5), 611-619. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2153-3490.1969.tb00466.x

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