Some clouds could become thinner as global temperatures rise Jason Edwards/National geographic collection/Getty
The climate may be more sensitive to greenhouse gases than we thought. That鈥檚 because in a warmer world high-altitude clouds may become thinner, causing them to reflect less sunlight back into space.
鈥淭his is a previously unrecognised effect that should be looked into in more detail,鈥 says Richard Allan at the University of Reading in the UK, who was not involved in the study. 鈥淚f it is going on in the real world, you鈥檇 expect climate feedbacks to be more strongly amplified.鈥
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