insolation

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Many scientists assume that insolation flux, the amount of energy Venus receives from the sun, caused a runaway greenhouse situation that ruined the planet.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2024

Reduce insolation by just 1 percent and you reduce heating by 3 degrees Celsius.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2023

Harden blossomed into an insolation superstar in Houston but has largely deferred to Embiid with the Sixers.

From Washington Times • Jun. 29, 2023

They are maps back to community, to the natural state of humans as social beings in an age of fracture and insolation.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2023

Hence the amount of insolation received at this latitude is greater than that received on the equinox at the equator.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various