claim: “The IPCC reports also don’t fully account for the albedo effect ( less ice means less reflected and more absorbed sunlight, hence more warming ); more cloud cover ( which traps heat ); or the dieback of forests and other flora ( which extract carbon from the atmosphere ).
evidence: Changing the type of vegetation in a region impacts the local temperature by changing how much sunlight gets reflected back into space, called albedo, and how much heat is lost by evaporation.