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Another piece of recent research suggests that the world may not have as many clouds in the future
If the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere triples, clouds over the seas will break up and vanish, potentially leading to a disastrous sea level rise. It’s a side-effect of pollution which had never been predicted before – and which could unleash devastating effects. The clouds cover about 20% of subtropical oceans and play an important role in reflecting sunlight back into space.
Tapio Schneider, a scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, said, ‘Our results show that there are dangerous climate change thresholds of which we were unaware. When they disappear, Earth warms dramatically, by about eight degrees Celsius in addition to the global warming that comes from enhanced greenhouse concentrations alone,’ the researchers write.
Extreme CO2 levels could trigger clouds ‘tipping point’ and 8C of global warming
