Earth is dimming due to climate change

ScienceDaily
Sep 30, 2021, 10:48 am99 pts
Researchers used decades of measurements of earthshine -- the light reflected from Earth that illuminates the surface of the Moon to find that there has been a significant drop in Earth's reflectance over the past two decades. The Earth is now reflecting about half a watt less light per square meter than it was…

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