Plantation in South Greenland (IMAGE)

Aarhus University

Plantation in South Greenland

Caption

Snow reflects the sunlight back into space without converting it into heat (the albedo effect). The trees in this plantation in South Greenland reduce the albedo effect.

Credit

Mathilde le Moullec, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources

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