A Less Shady Future: Could Climate Change Mean Fewer Clouds?

Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 16:42 in Earth & Climate

Clouds aren't as easy to track deep into the past as carbon dioxide. But like CO2, clouds can play an important role in climate change: Either they can trap heat in the atmosphere, magnifying to the greenhouse effect, or they can reflect sunlight back into space, cooling the planet. [More]

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