NSF Releases Online, Multimedia Package Titled, "Clouds: The Wild Card of Climate Change"

NSF Releases Online, Multimedia Package Titled, "Clouds: The Wild Card of Climate Change"
Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:26:00 -0500

As discussions about climate change continue, one critical factor about this phenomenon has remained largely unknown to the public: the important but enigmatic role of clouds in climate change. The role of clouds is important because at any given time about 70 percent of the Earth is covered by clouds. The role of clouds is enigmatic because clouds can exert opposing forces: Some types of clouds help cool the Earth and some types of clouds help warm it. Which effect will win ...

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