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ice-albedo feedback

ice-albedo feedback noun: a climate process involving positive feedback, where a change in the area of ice caps, glaciers and sea ice alters the albedo and surface temperature of a planet, because ice reflects more solar energy back into space than land or open water.

Noun

ice-albedo feedback (uncountable)

  1. A climate process involving positive feedback, where a change in the area of ice caps, glaciers and sea ice alters the albedo and surface temperature of a planet, because ice reflects more solar energy back into space than land or open water.

Questions about ice-albedo feedback

What does ice-albedo feedback mean?
Ice-albedo feedback means a climate process involving positive feedback, where a change in the area of ice caps, glaciers and sea ice alters the albedo and surface temperature of a planet, because ice reflects more solar energy back into space than land or open water.
What part of speech is ice-albedo feedback?
Ice-albedo feedback is a noun.

Words near ice-albedo feedback in the dictionary

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  2. ice XVIII
  3. ice yacht
  4. ice yachting
  5. ice yachts
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  7. ice-ax
  8. ice-axe
  9. ice-axes
  10. ice-boat
  11. ice-boats

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