UQx DENIAL101x 5.2.3.1 The role of clouds in climate change
Channel: UQx Denial101x Making Sense of Climate Science Denial
Date: 2015-05-26

Peter Jacobs talks about one of the more complicated questions in climate science: how will clouds change in a changing climate? This is especially interesting as different types of clouds can have either a cooling or a warming effect, depending on whether they're more effective at reflecting sunlight or trapping heat from the Earth's surface. Subtitles available: ENGLISH, SLOVENŠČINA (Slovenian)

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