‘Fewer Clouds’: Washington Post features two new studies calling into question whether global warming is man-made – Warmer temps ‘could be due to less air pollution’
By Marc Morano
February 16, 2025
https://www.malone.news/p/global-warming-and-air-pollution“The Science is Settled”
The Washington Post ran a story today, which calls into question whether global warming is man-made.
Two new studies offer a potential explanation: fewer clouds. And the decline in cloud cover, researchers say, could signal the start of a feedback loop that leads to more warming.
Researchers are still unsure exactly what accounts for this decrease. Some believe that it could be due to less air pollution: When particulates are in the air, it can make it easier for water droplets to stick to them and form clouds.
Another possibility, Goessling said, is a feedback loop from warming temperatures. Clouds require moisture to form, and moist stratocumulus clouds sit just underneath a dry layer of air about one mile high. If temperatures warm, hot air from below can disturb that dry layer, mixing with it and making it harder for wet clouds to form.
But those changes are difficult to predict — and not all climate models show the same changes. “It’s really tricky,” Goessling said.
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