Taiwan has around 200,000 hectares of fallow agricultural land that could be planted with high-albedo crops, such as plants ...

This method will also have to contend with false signals. These include possible "exo-rings" and even weather variability and ...

Raging forest fire in Uttarakhand could accelerate Himalayan glacial melt, experts said. More than 1,140 hectares of forest cover has been lost owing ...

Maine’s first small research satellite, designed to engage middle and high school students in STEM, is expected to launch ...

The scientists utilized an artificial high-albedo, UV-resistant reflector material made of high-density polyethylene (HDPE), provided by Germany-based Solmax Geosynthetics. Its solar-weighted ...

An early melt can lead to a few issues. Snow has a "high albedo," meaning it reflects a lot of sunlight back into space. When there is no snow, the sunlight is absorbed by the ground. The ground ...

The solar energy industry in the United States is booming, with the U.S. Energy Information Administration projecting that ...

We normally think of trees as being good for the environment. But in parts of the Midwest and Great Plains, they're heating ...

Researchers in Canada are testing the use of reflective surfaces to boost electricity production in bifacial solar panels.

To enable science missions to Mars, NASA has selected nine U.S. companies to perform initial studies for commercial services.