Here the outgoing radiation exceeds incoming insolation. Insolation rises sharply from approximately 50 joules at the poles to 275 joules at the equator. Terrestrial radiation varies less ...

Past ice sheets have retreated rapidly, raising global sea level at rates >1 cm per year, with marine ice sheets collapsing and terrestrial ... incoming solar radiation called insolation (Figure ...

This is called insolation. Only approximately 52 per cent ... Reflected heat, in the form of long-wave radiation, is trapped in our atmosphere and keeps our planet warm. This is known as the ...