Climate Feedback Effects
See also: Runaway climate changeOne source of abrupt climate change effects is a feedback process, in which a warming event causes a change which leads to further warming. This can also apply to cooling. Example of such feedback processes are:
- Ice-albedo feedback, where the advance or retreat of ice cover alters the 'whiteness' of the earth, and its ability to absorb the sun's energy.
- The dying and burning of forests, as a result of global warming.
Read more about this topic: Abrupt Climate Change
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