Sentences with phrase «brighter clouds reflect»

Brighter clouds reflect more sunlight back into space, reducing the amount of heat absorbed by the earth.

Not exact matches

Aerosols can also have big effects on clouds, for instance making them brighter so that they reflect more sunlight back into space.

But at breaks in the cloud deck, smoke has the opposite effect: It is brighter than the dark ocean surface, reflecting solar radiation and reducing warming.

For instance, bright, white clouds reflect light to space, cooling the planet.

These sulphur containing particles reflect sunlight and help form brighter clouds, creating a global effect that temporarily diminishes the warming effects of carbon dioxide.

The Michigan Tech study reinforces that dirtier clouds - which are brighter clouds that scatter more sunlight, reflecting some of it back to space - will probably last longer because they are less likely to lead to precipitation.

And the particles can serve as nuclei controlling processes related to cloud formation, creating more clouds or making existing clouds brighter — actions which would cause sunlight to be reflected.

With his white - blond hair blending into the vivid clouds and eyes that reflect the saturated blue of the sky, a young male is set against a summer - bright horizon.

And of course bright white clouds can to reflect more sunlight than the yellowish droplets of pure sulfuric acid, but the water clouds also evaporate.

The rest is reflected away by bright white clouds or ice or gets absorbed by the atmosphere.

These brighter clouds would reflect away more sunlight, says Prof Douglas MacMartin, an engineering researcher from Cornell University, who contributed to the US House of Representatives» hearing on geoengineering.

Overall, the evidence suggests that the aerosol buildup is causing a net cooling both because aerosols reflect incoming sunlight back to space (a direct effect) and because they «seed» cloud droplets, causing clouds to become brighter and more reflective (an indirect effect).