Eli5 Is it possible that global warming is literally the result of humans are making the earth darker?

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I’m sure this is just a really stupid question based on multiple misunderstandings, but what if global warming was literally just the result of more dark-colored buildings and structures such as blacktop roads? Are we making the earth absorb more sunrays, and therefore increasing the heat energy within the atmosphere?

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It is part of it. More to do with shrinking polar ice caps which reflect light that are displaced by water which absorbs much more of the light. Massive deforestation and horrible water management also contribute drastically to the problem. Landfills that have food waste which gives off methane which is many times more effective in trapping in heat aka the greenhouse effect.

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