Vanishing clouds could add 8°C of global warming in a century

[Borealis]

https://qz.com/1560153/vanishing-clouds-could-add-8c-of-global-warming-within-100-years/?utm_source=reddit.com

Right now, clouds are likely covering roughly two-thirds of the Earth. And they’re doing us a huge favor: They reflect a lot of sunlight, preventing the planet from warming as much as it
would without them. Over open ocean, stratocumulus clouds—low, thick, and blanket-like—are especially crucial. They shade about 20% of the world’s oceans, particularly in the
subtropics.

And a new analysis using a sophisticated computer simulation warns that climate change may cause the disappearance of stratocumulus clouds in a century and a half.

The findings, reported in the journal Nature Geoscience, are that if CO2 concentrations reach 1,200 parts per million—which the planet is on track to hit within 100-150 years, barring
major action to curb emissions—stratocumulus clouds would begin to break up. That would rapidly add 8°C of warming, on top of the already-disastrous 4°C of warming above pre
industrial global averages that CO2 emissions would cause by that point.

The study fills a gap that long confused scientists in climate models. In a feature exploring these findings in Quanta Magazine, Natalie Wolchover reports that up until this point,
scientists didn’t fully understand why, 56 million years ago, the planet went through such a dramatic warming period.

[Joey Skylynx]

Welp, time to put some serious research into cloud seeding.

[Helix Snake]

Or we can just cut the fucking emissions so it doesn't get to that point

[proboardslol]

Retards run America so it won't happen

[F.X Clampazzo]

100 years? Great, that's plenty of time for me to burn a few more mountains of coal soaked in petrol before my grandchildren have to worry about it!

[lifehole]

Bah, it's fine-- by 2120 we'll have the tech to beat it!
Bah, it's fine-- by 2020 we'll have the tech to beat it!
Bah, it's fine-- by 1980 we'll have the tech to beat it!

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[The Adjudicator]

how many climate deniers are needed to block the sun a bit? Looking to launch as many possible.

[Orbito]

Its just getting more bleak. At least one day i can tell my grand kids what weather was like before

[Biotoxsin]

Hate to say it, but if we get even close to a 12 C global increase your grandchild will be dead if they are not already around.

[Tamschi]

Cloud seeding causes rain, removing clouds...