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Solar radiation management includes techniques that seek to reflect the sunlight reducing at the same time the global warming. These techniques have a go at reducing the amount of sunlight absorbed by the surface of the Earth. If SRM suddenly stopped, the average temperature of the earth’ surface would increase. SRM is suggested to be a controller of regional and local climate but it is not possible to use on a worldwide scale.
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[mk_steps step=”3″ hover_color=”#5dc677″ icon_1=”mk-moon-home-4″ title_1=”Cool roofs” desc_1=”Cool roofs are the most common reflective surfaces that have a high solar reflectance and also a high thermal emittance. The reflectance is the ability of a material reflecting the sunlight and thermal emittance is the ability to radiate the absorbed energy.” url_1=”http://coolmyplanet.com/coolroofs/” icon_2=”mk-moon-home-11″ title_2=”GREENHOUSES” desc_2=”Researches have proved that greenhouses provide an increase in the surface albedo due to its color and texture: they are white and brilliant which reflect very well the solar radiation. Greenhouses are able to offset the radiative forcing by 2 W/m2.Higher surface albedo reduces net incoming shortwave energy.” url_2=”http://coolmyplanet.com/greenhouses/” icon_3=”mk-moon-database” title_3=”Land & Farming Management” desc_3=”Changes in grassland have been proposed to increase albedo. Grassland has an albedo of about 20%. This technique can give 0.64 W/m2 of globally averaged negative forcing, which is a minor contribution to offset the positive forcing from a doubling of CO2″ url_3=”http://coolmyplanet.com/landandfarmingmanagement/” animation=”fade-in”]
