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    Reflective surfaces, or ground-based albedo modification (GBAM), is a solar radiation management method of enhancing Earth's albedo (the ability to reflect...
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  • processes Reflection, a tool used in reflective practice and education Reflective surfaces (climate engineering) All pages with titles beginning with...
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    Highway engineering NCAT Pavement Test Track Pavement light Permeable paving Reflective surfaces (climate engineering) Transportation engineering "Pavement...
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  • Geoengineering (also known as climate engineering or climate intervention) is the deliberate large-scale interventions in the Earth’s climate system intended to...
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    two German businessmen Schmidt and Dykerhoff filed for patents on reflective surfaces for use as building insulation because recent improvements in technology...
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    carbon that is deposited on snow and ice darkens those surfaces and decreases their reflectivity (albedo). This is known as the snow/ice albedo effect...
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    December 2024. "LAD Climate Fund: Clear-Eyed, Comprehensive Climate Strategy". LAD Climate Fund. Retrieved 10 December 2024. "About". Reflective. Retrieved 10...
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  • The Exploring Climate Cooling Programme is a British scientific initiative focused on researching climate engineering technologies designed to mitigate...
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    Albedo (category Land surface effects on climate)
    foamed up, so there are many superimposed bubble surfaces which reflect, adding up their reflectivities. Fresh 'black' ice exhibits Fresnel reflection....
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    reflecting more sunlight to Earth. They were theorised as a method of climate engineering through shading the Earth by creating a space sunshade to deflect...
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    Passive cooling (category Climate change adaptation)
    anbar Cistern Cross ventilation Passive ventilation Qanat Reflective surfaces (climate engineering) Shinsulator Stepwell Ventilative cooling Windcatcher Yakhchāl...
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  • dioxide, a greenhouse gas. Concrete is used to create hard surfaces which contribute to surface runoff that may cause soil erosion, water pollution and flooding...
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    Urban heat island (category Climate forcing)
    particularly when the skies are cloudless, urban surfaces are warmed by the absorption of solar radiation. Surfaces in the urban areas tend to warm faster than...
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    optimize the life cycle of different road surfaces. Pavement, in construction, is an outdoor floor or superficial surface covering. Paving materials include...
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    Climate sensitivity is a key measure in climate science and describes how much Earth's surface will warm for a doubling in the atmospheric carbon dioxide...
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    Glacial geoengineering (category Climate change policy)
    or reflective geotextiles, to ice surfaces. By increasing albedo, these treatments are intended to reflect more solar radiation and reduce surface warming...
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    Passive daytime radiative cooling (category Climate change adaptation)
    terrestrial radiative cooling) is the use of unpowered, reflective/thermally-emissive surfaces to lower the temperature of a building or other object....
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    (558 K; 545 °F). A selective surface can be used when energy is being extracted from the sun. Selective surfaces are surfaces tuned to maximize the amount...
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    the practice of placing windows, skylights, other openings, and reflective surfaces so that direct or indirect sunlight can provide effective internal...
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    with its environment, emitted by a black body (an idealized opaque, non-reflective body). It has a specific continuous spectrum that depends only on the...
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    impacts from climate change are difficult to estimate. In general, they increase the more the global surface temperature increases (see climate change scenarios)...
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    major source of uncertainty in climate change, some research projects into cloud reflectivity in the general climate change context have provided insight...
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    The effectiveness of reflective insulation (radiant barrier) is commonly evaluated by the reflectivity (emittance) of the surface with airspace facing...
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  • climate change, geoengineering and planetary atmospheres". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences...
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  • for climate impacts of their fossil fuel emissions. 2 June: Mexico elected as president, a climate scientist with a doctorate in energy engineering who...
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    as tall buildings provide large surfaces that both absorb solar radiation and reflect it onto other absorbent surfaces. Due to a reduced sky view factor...
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    Deforestation is a primary contributor to climate change, and climate change affects the health of forests. Land use change, especially in the form of...
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    Greenhouse effect (category Climate forcing)
    discussions of climate are global values, which means they are the total flow of energy over the entire globe, divided by the surface area of the Earth...
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  • original Spinoff industry leader. Passive cooling Radiant barrier Reflective surfaces (geoengineering) "What Are the Benefits of "Insulating" Paint?"....
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    Permeable paving (category Environmental engineering)
    also include a variety of surfacing techniques for roads, parking lots, and pedestrian walkways. Permeable pavement surfaces may be composed of; pervious...
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