Coconut palms continue to produce roots from the base of the stem throughout their lives. The number of roots produced depends on the age of the tree and the environment, with more than 3,600 roots possible on a tree that is 60 to 70 years old.
Albedo (/Ã¦lËbiËdoÊ/) is the whiteness of a surface. It is a reflection coefficient, and has a value of less than one. Albedo is derived from Latin albedo whiteness (or reflected sunlight) in turn from albus white, is the diffuse reflectivity or reflecting power of a surface. The albedo of a surface is the ratio of radiation reflected from the surface to the incident radiation. Its dimensionless nature lets it be expressed as a percentage and is measured on a scale from zero (no reflection) of a perfectly black surface to 1 for perfect reflection of a white surface.
1. the ratio of the light reflected by a planet or satellite to that received by it. 2. the white inner rind of a citrus fruit. albedo. the ratio between the light reflected from a surf ace and the total light falling upon that surf ace, as the albedo of the moon. See also: Light. the ratio between the light reflected from a surface and the total light falling upon that surface, as the albedo of the moon. albedo. The proportion of incoming light that is reflected by a celestial body, e.g. the Moon reflects 7% of the sunlight that it receives.