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Pbs Learning Media: Earth's Albedo and Global Warming

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In this interactive activity adapted from NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey, learn about Earth's albedo (the ratio of reflected vs. incident solar radiation), how pollution alters albedo, and how ice-albedo feedback may accelerate global warming.

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Concepts
energy, light, solar energy, global warming
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Additional Tags
earth syste, earth system, environment, human impact and global changes, reflection and absorption, sources, sun, transmission through different materials, pbs learning media: earth's albedo and global warming, teachers' domain, wgbh
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional