Global temperatures will be double UN climate targets due to clouds reflecting less solar radiation and enhancing the greenhouse effect, a new study warns. There is a greater than 97 per cent chance that clouds will amplify global heating, by both reflecting less solar radiation and enhancing the greenhouse effect, they found. Dr Paulo Ceppi, co-author of the study, said climate sensitivity is a difficult one to consider in climate models. "There is therefore a critical need to more accurately quantify how clouds will affect future global warming,' said Dr Ceppi. Co-author Dr Peer Nowack, said there's been a growing amount of evidence that clouds probably have an amplifying effect on global warming.

Source: Daily Mail July 19, 2021 18:56 UTC