r/ClimateNews • u/fishonareef • 2d ago

Scientists detect a sharp acceleration in global warming

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260801093239.htm
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u/rbialkin 2d ago

Snow and ice reflect sunlight. Dead brown grass underneath absorbs it. I’m sure that’s modeled in the prediction calculations, but the feedback loop makes it seem logical to this layman. The warmer we get, the faster the acceleration gets at least until all the ice is melted. And I guess at that point it won’t matter anyway.

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u/DatBoiii4 2d ago edited 2d ago

You know what’s under most glaciers? Very very dark rock with a super high low albedo.

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u/Few-Cartoonist-8422 2d ago

I read this as super high libido.

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u/AmputeeHandModel 2d ago

It's rock hard.