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Snow is a near perfect black body radiator
by bamboozled 3y ago
Snow is a near perfect black body radiator
- richardw 3y agoTherefore imagine the impact of reduced snow and ice due to global warming. It’s free cooling and we’re throwing it away.
- thfuran 3y agoThe albedo is the part that's bad to lose. I don't think snow emits especially strongly in the frequencies relevant for this. A highly imperfect blackbody emitter could cool more effectively.
- alexpotato 3y agoThis was a key plot point in the 1990s video game: Midwinter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwinter_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwinter_(video_game)