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Loss of Arctic Sea Ice Has Greater Warming Impact Than Expected

2014-02-19 18:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yale Env 360: The steady disappearance of Arctic sea ice, which is causing the exposed and darker surface of the Arctic Ocean to absorb more sunlight, is having a more profound impact on global warming than previously estimated, according to a new study. The decline of albedo, or reflectivity, from the Arctic Ocean equals roughly 25 percent of the warming caused by rising carbon dioxide levels, according to scientists at the University of California, San Diego. The impact of this "albedo feedback," in which the...

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