Study: Present Day Clouds Different Than Pre-Industrial Ones
- 8 years ago
Researchers believe it's necessary to include clouds into effective climate models, but it's a task that so far has failed to yield reliable results.
Before industrialization, clouds were likely quite a bit different than they are now.
This likely divide is making it difficult for scientists to model the impact of airborne particles called aerosols on clouds and thus the role they play in climate change.
According to a recent study by the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, researchers attribute this difficulty either to insufficiencies in the complexity of the climate models themselves or simply the prevalence of aerosols in the atmosphere due to pollution.
Aerosols have a profound impact on the formation and evolution of individual clouds. They can impact a c
Before industrialization, clouds were likely quite a bit different than they are now.
This likely divide is making it difficult for scientists to model the impact of airborne particles called aerosols on clouds and thus the role they play in climate change.
According to a recent study by the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, researchers attribute this difficulty either to insufficiencies in the complexity of the climate models themselves or simply the prevalence of aerosols in the atmosphere due to pollution.
Aerosols have a profound impact on the formation and evolution of individual clouds. They can impact a c