The world has been warming faster than expected. Scientists now think they know why • New study says it has identified the missing part of the puzzle: clouds.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/05/climate/global-warming-clouds/index.html
by Naurgul
The world has been warming faster than expected. Scientists now think they know why • New study says it has identified the missing part of the puzzle: clouds.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/05/climate/global-warming-clouds/index.html
by Naurgul
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Yet another critical feedback loop that has been overlooked: “Low-level clouds tend to thrive in a cool and moist lower atmosphere. As the planet’s surface heats up, this can cause them to thin or dissipate entirely, setting up a complicated feedback loop where low clouds are disappearing because of global warming, and their disappearance then drives further warming.”
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This isn’t a surprise. Cloud physics have been one of the biggest sources of uncertainty in climate models for a long time.
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