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Earth’s Energy Imbalance and Declining Reflectivity
Earth is absorbing far more solar energy than it radiates back to space, and the
gap is widening fast. The leading driver is a decline in planetary reflectivity —
itself a feedback from greenhouse-gas warming, as shrinking ice and snow and shifting
clouds leave Earth less reflective. Covers the science, the model gap, and why it
matters for future warming projections.
