Surface Albedo Modification
| Type: | Solar Radiation Management |
| Location: | Forests, farms, plantations, Arctic ice, glaciers |
| Impacts: | Land, Ocean |
| Proposal: | Modify the surface of the earth in order to reflect more sunlight back into space |
A wide range of proposals fall within the category of surface albedo modification – from genetically engineering crops to reflect more light, to the clearing of boreal forest in snowcovered areas; from covering large desert or ice areas with reflective materials to whitening mountaintops and roofs with white paint – all with a common goal: to increase the earth’s surface albedo.