‘Climate change could see clouds disappear from the earth forever, scientists warn’

Using global models based on computer algorithms, the researchers appeared to be concluding that the earth may shortly become bereft of clouds, although they also appeared to suggest that they could also go the other way and become thicker and more reflective. Pinpointing which is the likelier scenario has been difficult to predict, until now.

Using models to make forecasts have been difficult to produce in the past, but this latest research utilising the Frontera super-computer is establishing a way of coming up with far more accurate indications.

Michael Pritchard, professor of Earth System Science at UC Irvine, told The Express : “Low clouds could dry up and shrink like the ice sheets – or they could thicken and become more reflective. If you ask two different climate models what the future will be like when we add a lot more CO2, you get two very different answers – and the key reason for this is the way clouds are included in climate models.”

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The results were reported in the Journal of Advances in Modelling Earth Systems.

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Michael Pritchard, professor of Earth System Science at UC Irvine, "Low clouds could dry up & shrink like the ice sheets – or they could thicken and become more reflective.
And of course there will be a catastrophe either way. Do they think we are idiots?https://t.co/Qv4q4rCvko pic.twitter.com/Vvyu0hWdn5

— Patrick Moore (@EcoSenseNow) June 5, 2022

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Could Climate Change Make Earth’s Beautiful Clouds Disappear Forever?

By Bharat Sharma

Could Earth be heading towards a cloudless future? According to scientists observing climate changes, this possibility isn’t too far-fetched from the truth.

Climate change will affect all physiological processes on Earth and clouds are no exception. According to Michael Pritchard from the The University of California, Irvine either clouds could completely disappear from Earth or become thicker.

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Flashback 2019: Grist: If climate change makes the clouds disappear, we’re screwed

Flashback 2019: Wired Mag: Computer simulations are suggesting that as global temperatures rise, clouds become scarce, potentially causing warming to spiral out of control.

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