Climate Change Simply Explained

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    • Albedo, Part 1

      Albedo, Part 1

       Image Credit: A melt water river formed by glacier melt in Greenland, Museum of Science and History, Chicago, James Balog The official definition is ‘the fraction of incoming light that Earth reflects back into space’ In human terms, wearing a light shirt on a hot day will keep you cool,…

    • The Warming Arctic and Antarctic

      The Warming Arctic and Antarctic

      As the whole earth gets warmer, even the extremely cold poles are warming.  The end result of this is increased melting of the ice caps. In the Artic, the ice sheets are calving at a higher rate. What does this mean? It means three things: 1) Right now, there is…