urban albedo Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 07:12:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Modifying Urban Surface Reflectivity Levels Could Slash 150 Billion Tons of CO2 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/urban-albedo-co2-save-20120413/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/urban-albedo-co2-save-20120413/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:03:36 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=24000 The Sun, our only external source of energy, is also responsible for the heat on Earth. This heat is what makes all life possible on our blue planet. However, this energy is also responsible for global warming. Imagine cities reflecting this sunlight away from Earth. A team of researchers from Concordia University did some research […]

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