Links tagged “clouds”
- New excuse #56 for the ‘pause’ in global warming: Satellites underestimate cooling from volcanic aerosols – Published in Geophysical Research Letters
- New paper finds clouds have a large net cooling effect on climate – Published in Atmospheric Research
Study 'determines the net effect of clouds in the Mediterranean is a large negative-feedback cooling effect at Earth's surface and at the top of the atmosphere. All climate models falsely assume the opposite, i.e. a positive-feedback warming effect from clouds and water vapor, which is one of many reasons why the overheated models have been falsified with confidence levels exceeding 95%.'
- New paper finds global dimming & brightening were due to natural changes in cloud cover, not man-made aerosols – Published in the Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
- Study: Man-Made Aerosol Emissions Have Helped Cool Planet
Researchers with Israel’s Weizmann Institute have found that man-made aerosol emissions have had a net cooling effect on the planet since the Industrial Revolution...The authors also found that “there was no point of saturation beyond which aerosols stopped affecting the clouds. As the cloud
cover doubled, they reflected more incoming solar rays back to space. Thus, the clouds had a cooling effect,” reports E&E News. - New paper shows IPCC underestimates global cooling from man-made aerosols/clouds by factor of 27 times – Published in Science
- New paper finds climate models simulate or predict only about 6% of altocumulus clouds – Published in Atmospheric Research
- Satellite data shows CO2 does not control Earth’s radiative balance or climate
Dr. Roy Spencer has an interesting post today analyzing several satellite datasets, which suggest 'some portion of recent warming was simply due to a natural decrease in cloud cover.'
- Settled Science: New paper finds effect of man on climate is ‘highly uncertain’ – Published in Science
A new paper published in Science finds 'the radiative forcing (that is, the perturbation to Earth's energy budget) caused by human activities is highly uncertain, making it difficult to predict the extent of global warming.'
- Prediction Failure: IPCC’s Climate Models Remain Weak At Arctic Cloud, Sea Ice & Albedo Conditions, Say Researchers
- New paper demonstrates inability to model clouds – Published in Geophysical Research Letters
