Sentences with phrase «limiting albedo changes»

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This is the limit imposed by albedo which can only change so much with the current arrangement of the continents.

Ice albedo feedback change is mainly limited to high latitude NH * land * during deglaciation, and its effects — though strong — are limited compared to those of a radiative forcing over the global ocean.

Global temps vary for many reasons beyond CO2 levels including but not limited to: planetary motion, changes in albedo, stratospheric aerosols, and solar variability to name a few, but the only area of genuine study by the IPCC has been rising CO2 levels.

While the local effects of ice albedo and land elevation change are huge (because the local forcings are huge, particularly for ice albedo), their widescale climate effects are limited by their location on land.

[23] Chapter 8 of AR5, referring to a seven model study, states that» There is no agreement on the sign of the temperature change induced by anthropogenic land - use change» and concludes that a net cooling of the surface — accounting for processes that are not limited to the albedo — is about as likely as not».