Cloud reduction to the detriment of climate change
- Clouds are declining, which has a significant impact on climate change, a group of NASA researchers concluded. The analysis of the Terra satellite data reveals that over the past 20 years there has been a gradual but steady decline in cloud coverage. The paper was presented at the last congress of the Geophysical Union of America.
Cloud coverage per decade is estimated to have decreased by 1.5 per cent, which may have significant consequences on global warming. It has been observed that the reduction of clouds is more pronounced in regions where large air currents such as those close to the equator and middle latitudes come together.
Researchers don't know what causes the loss of clouds, but the results suggest that traffic in the atmosphere could undergo large-scale changes. What is clear is that change is taking place, and researchers have warned that if this trend continues, it could increase climate change.
