New Study Links 200-Year Warming Trend To Declining Cloud Cover, Not CO2
by Kenneth Richard Sep 27, 2024
Per a new study, the last 200 years of global warming are associated with cloud cover decline, and this decreasing cloud albedo can be linked to “the dominant roles of external forces – volcanic, solar, and oceanic – in their mutual influence after the LIA [Little Ice Age].” [emphasis, links added]
Scientists have repeatedly reported a satellite-observed (CERES) cloud cover albedo decline that has led to an increase in solar radiation absorbed by the Earth’s oceans – a trend that explains the post-2000 temperature increase (Dübal and Vahrenholt, 2021, Loeb et al., 2021, Stephens et al., 2022, Koutsoyiannis et al., 2023, Loeb et al., 2024, Nikolov and Zeller, 2024).
Scientists have now formulated a new 1500 to 2022 CE reconstruction of cloud cover over the Mediterranean region.
The authors suggest their reconstruction of cloud cover may be representative of more than just this region, as it is a product of large-scale processes that may “transcend geographical boundaries.”
https://climatechangedispatch.com/new-study-links-200-year-warming-trend-to-declining-cloud-cover-not-co2/
