Earth is trapping twice as much heat as it did in 2005

Re:Earth is trapping twice as much heat as it did in 2005 by peytn on Monday June 28, 2021 @02:05AM (#27658609)

Checking the paper, if we’re talking the past few years, it looks like this oscillation could be a big factor:

> An unusually intense PDO phase that began in about 2014 caused a reduction in cloud formation above the ocean, which also resulted in the increased absorption of incoming energy by the planet, the scientists said.

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Re:Earth is trapping twice as much heat as it did in 2005 by AltonWells on Monday June 28, 2021 @02:13AM (#27658654)

That’s one of the scariest potentials of higher CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere. Maybe it’s just a phase now but a significant reduction in clouds is actually a predicted outcome from increased heating.

It’s really not looking great.

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