We are going to continue our look at the atmosphere and energy transfer by looking at albedo and the reflection of solar ...

A new study by Hashem Akbari, a professor in the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, offers a ...

Extreme heat is the deadliest natural hazard in the United States. Between 1992 and 2021, it killed an average of 148 people every year. In the same 30-year period, floods killed about 88 annually ...

Why do solar panels look so different these days? And why have we started installing them on top of mountains, using them to ...

A road crew paints a street in Los Angeles with coating designed to reduce heat. John McCoy/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images When heat waves hit, people start looking for ...

When heat waves hit, people start looking for anything that might lower the temperature. One solution is right beneath our feet: pavement. Think about how hot the soles of your shoes can get when ...

NORFOLK, Va. — After Monday’s winter weather, areas around the Peninsulas and the western Southside accumulated three or more inches of snow. And that snow slightly affected high temperatures this ...

An April 17 Instagram post (direct link, archived link) shows a video of a plane flying through a cloudy sky and leaving behind condensation trails. “The shadow of the aerosol trail being dispersed by ...

Brazilian plastics manufacturer Azul Pack has developed a reflective membrane for bifacial solar power plants. The solution aims to increase albedo and optimize energy production in micro and ...

Photographs of the Enertis Applus+ albedo measurement system in two contrasting environments: on the left, a green grass meadow; on the right, a dry wasteland. The system can adapt to different ...