text: Tropical and sub-tropical rainforest areas have low albedo, and are much hotter than their temperate forest counterparts, which have lower insolation.Because insolation plays such a big role in the heating and cooling effects of albedo, high insolation areas like the tropics will tend to show a more pronounced fluctuation in local temperature when local albedo changes.Arctic regions notably release more heat back into space than what they absorb, effectively cooling the Earth.This has been a concern since arctic ice and snow has been melting at higher rates due to higher temperatures, creating regions in the arctic that are notably darker (being water or ground which is darker color) and reflects less heat back into space.This feedback loop results in a reduced albedo effect.Climate and weather Albedo affects climate by determining how much radiation a planet absorbs.The uneven heating of Earth from albedo variations between land, ice, or ocean surfaces can drive weather.The response of the climate system to an initial forcing is modified by feedbacks: increased by "self-reinforcing" or "positive" feedbacks and reduced by "balancing" or "negative" feedbacks.The main reinforcing feedbacks are the water-vapour feedback, the ice–albedo feedback, and the net effect of clouds.Albedo–temperature feedback When an area's albedo changes due to snowfall, a snow–temperature feedback results.A layer of snowfall increases local albedo, reflecting away sunlight, leading to local cooling.In principle, if no outside temperature change affects this area (e.g., a warm air mass), the raised albedo and lower temperature would maintain the current snow and invite further snowfall, deepening the snow–temperature feedback.However, because local weather is dynamic due to the change of seasons, eventually warm air masses and a more direct angle of sunlight (higher insolation) cause melting.