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Earth from space: 'Lake of clouds' appears between volcanic nesting dolls in Russia via rare mirror-like phenomenonA 2023 astronaut photo captured a rare effect, known as sunglint, transforming the surface of one of Russia's deepest lakes ...
Considering the globe as a whole, high clouds and cloud-free scenes result in warming of the Earth's atmosphere, as less energy escapes into space than arrives from the sun. For low clouds ...
Researchers uncover a possible explanation for the abrupt temperature spike in 2023: a reduction in low-level cloud cover ...
For more on the satellites that keep their eyes on Earth, visit NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service. This section contains a cloud gallery with 260 beautiful images of a range of 10 cloud ...
A new study suggests that Earth is absorbing more sunlight due to the reduction of low clouds. Courtesy of Alexander Gerst/ESA/NASA.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The sun’s warming rays met less resistance in 2023, as Earth experienced a record low in cloud cover. Planetary albedo is how much sunlight is reflected into space by ...
More information: Jesse A. Miller et al, Earth's Mesosphere During Possible Encounters With Massive Interstellar Clouds 2 and ...
Low-level clouds, which form within 2 kilometres of the Earth's surface, reflect radiation, but don't trap as much heat. To assess how low cloud cover changed in 2023, the new study used data from ...
They present data that suggests the Earth is absorbing more incoming sunlight than it has in the past, largely due to reduced cloud cover. Years with strong El Niño conditions tend to break records.
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