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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
To be more specific, the rapid surge in warming was supercharged by a dearth of low-lying clouds over the oceans, according to the research — findings which may have alarming implications for future warming. Low clouds also feed into this effect as they reflect away sunlight. If this is happening, future warming projections may be underestimated and “we should expect rather intense warming in the future,” Goessling said. But figuring out how clouds will respond to global warming is key, Zalkina said. “It literally determines how much future warming is in store.”
Persons: Helge Goessling, Alfred Wegener, Goessling, ” Goessling, Mark Zalinka, Tapio Schneider, Zalkina Organizations: CNN, Alfred, Alfred Wegener Institute, NASA, Atlantic, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Locations: Germany
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