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NASA study confirms that Earth is getting darker (www.earth.com)

submitted 3 months ago by voidx@futurology.today to c/futurology@futurology.today

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[–] dontsayaword@piefed.social 22 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

To be clear,

It's not getting darker ON earth, for earthlings

Earth is reflecting less light back to space.

Because it is absorbing more energy due to the greenhouse effect (climate change)

[–] Nanook@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Tell that to my retinas, the faintest glimmer and I’m blinded for ten minutes.

[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Yup, as I age my eyesight is getting worse but lights are starting to bother me more. At this point I'm ready to join an underground mole society to live out the rest of my days.

[–] Nanook@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 months ago

Put in a good word for me

[–] The_Decryptor@aussie.zone 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In basic terms, that means our planet is now reflecting less sunlight back into space.

Sounds like it's your eyes absorbing it all

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago

🎶 When the sun hits your eyes and makes temperatures rise, low-albedo🎶

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 4 points 3 months ago

Albedo is the word they are looking for.

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

Yup, we are indeed in the mirror universe…

[–] Zier@fedia.io 0 points 3 months ago

So this is the beginning of the dark ages.