Rescheduled: Live, Interactive Webcast for Reporters: Will Clouds--the Wild Card of Climate Change--Speed or Slow Warming?

Rescheduled: Live, Interactive Webcast for Reporters: Will Clouds--the Wild Card of Climate Change--Speed or Slow Warming?
Mon, 01 Nov 2010 09:33:00 -0500

Clouds are "the largest source of uncertainty" in projections of climate change, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This uncertainty arises because different types of clouds exert different forces on climate: Some clouds help cool the Earth and some clouds help warm the Earth. So far, no one knows which effect will win out as the climate continues to change.

This uncertainty begs some of the most critical and fascinating questions ...

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