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Uncommon card · Nature
Ice–albedo feedback, an Uncommon card
Ice–albedo feedback is a climate change feedback, in which a change in the area of ice caps, glaciers, and sea ice alters the albedo and surface temperature of a planet.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 159
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 22,000
Power 159 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Ice–albedo feedback quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ice–albedo feedback card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It occurs on Earth, and can also occur on ______.
Answer
exoplanets. It occurs on Earth, and can also occur on exoplanets. From the Ice–albedo feedback article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Lawn. Lawn 84 · Animal slaughter 77 · Ice–albedo feedback 74 · Chinese water dragon 70 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Animal slaughter. Animal slaughter 60,000 · Human–wildlife conflict 29,000 · Ice–albedo feedback 22,000 · Deforestation and climate change 13,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Because ice is very reflective, it reflects far more solar energy back to space than open water or any other land cover.
- It occurs on Earth, and can also occur on exoplanets.
- Since higher latitudes have the coolest temperatures, they are the most likely to have perennial snow cover, widespread glaciers and ice caps - up to and including the potential to form ice sheets.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ice–albedo feedback article was read about 22,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Ice–albedo feedback
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ice–albedo feedback (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Tovarg, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
