The Summary Global temperatures in the last two years have been even higher than climate scientists expected.
A new study offers a possible reason why: Cloud cover has decreased.
If the reductions in low cloud cover aren’t a result of chance, it likely means Earth is warming even faster than scientists thought.
One option is that a natural process is temporarily diverging from normal, causing a reduction in cloud cover.
Still, many questions remain, said Zeke Hausfather, the climate research lead at the finance company Stripe and a research scientist at Berkeley Earth.
Persons:
Niño, ”, Helge Goessling, Alfred Wegener, “ It’s, ” Goessling, —, Zeke Hausfather
Organizations:
Alfred, Alfred Wegener Institute, NASA, International Maritime Organization, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration
Locations:
Germany, Berkeley, Paris