Anthropogenic aerosol and cryosphere changes drive Earth’s strong but transient clear-sky hemispheric albedo asymmetry
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Michael S. Diamond; Jake J. Gristey; Jennifer E. Kay; Graham Feingold
- Source
- Communications Earth & Environment, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2022)
- Subject
- Geology
QE1-996.5
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2662-4435
Climate model simulations indicate that the observed strong clear-sky hemispheric albedo asymmetry is likely a transient feature of Earth’s climate that may diminish with future declines in anthropogenic aerosol emissions and Arctic sea ice.