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❗ Model Reveals Hidden Warming Layer Above Stratocumulus Clouds❗
Understanding #stratocumulus #clouds is key to predicting #ClimateSensitivity. MPI-M scientist Kenneth Chan and his colleagues discovered a previously unresolved "W-Layer," a thin (just 5 meters!) warming layer above stratocumulus cloud tops. ⛅ It was previously unknown because it is too thin for most simulations to resolve! Their discovery reveals a blind spot in current stratocumulus simulations. 🔍
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Häppchen #Klimawissen: Wie beeinflusst der #Klimawandel die #Stratocumuluswolken und damit das #Erdklima?
Eine Auflösung dieser #Wolkendecken könnte zu einer drastischen Erwärmung führen. Es gibt jedoch noch viele Fragezeichen bei diesem Thema. Was sagen Studien und Messungen über dieses mögliche #Kippelement? ☁️🌍
#Klimawandel #Stratocumulus #Erderwärmung #Wolkenforschung #Klimaforschung #Subtropen
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Wie beeinflusst der #Klimawandel die #Stratocumuluswolken und damit das #Erdklima? Eine Auflösung dieser #Wolkendecken könnte zu einer drastischen Erwärmung führen. Was sagen aktuelle Studien und Messungen über dieses mögliche #Kippelement? ☁️🌍
#Klimawandel #Stratocumulus #Erderwärmung #Wolkenforschung #Klimaforschung #Subtropen
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An "oldie" (2019 paper) but a real baddie - the danger of #clouds, particularly #stratocumulus clouds in the #subtropics, disappearing (!), is real, and really frightening. According to the most accurate (and afaik only) modeling done about this, if #CO2 reaches 1200 ppm - which it is predicted to do by mainstream #climate models in 100 years - a #TippingPoint will be crossed, stratocumulus clouds will disappear, and average #temperatures will rise by 10C in the subtropics and 8C in the #tropics. In other words, #Earth, as a livable planet for most species. will be done and dusted.
Here is a link to the original journal article in Nature Geoscience, "Possible #climate transitions from breakup of stratocumulus decks under #greenhouse #warming", 25 Feb 2019, by T. Schneider, C.M. Kaul, and K.G. Pressel https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-019-0310-1
Here is a non-paywall, pdf download link to the article - https://sci-hub.hkvisa.net/10.1038/s41561-019-0310-1
And here is a great article about this by Natalie Wolchover in Quanta Magazine - "A World Without Clouds" - https://www.quantamagazine.org/cloud-loss-could-add-8-degrees-to-global-warming-20190225/
#GlobalWarming #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateChange #GHG #Emissions #FossilFuels #TippingPoints