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SUBMITTER: Diamond MS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9466336 | biostudies-literature | 2022
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Diamond Michael S MS Gristey Jake J JJ Kay Jennifer E JE Feingold Graham G
Communications earth & environment 20220912 1
A striking feature of the Earth system is that the Northern and Southern Hemispheres reflect identical amounts of sunlight. This hemispheric albedo symmetry comprises two asymmetries: The Northern Hemisphere is more reflective in clear skies, whereas the Southern Hemisphere is cloudier. Here we show that the hemispheric reflection contrast from differences in continental coverage is offset by greater reflection from the Antarctic than the Arctic, allowing the net clear-sky asymmetry to be domina ...[more]