New Models Point to More Global Warming Than We Expected August 6, 2019 Above: Marine stratocumulus clouds from the Pacific Ocean stream atop Chile’s Atacama Desert. Marine stratocumulus cover vast swaths of the tropical and subtropical oceans, where they reflect large amounts of sunlight and provide an overall cooling effect on climate. New global climate models are showing the potential for more global warming than long thought, perhaps due to a reduction in low-level clouds such as marine stratocumulus. Image Credit: NCAR/UCAR Image and Multimedia Gallery. Our planet’s climate may be more sensitive to increases in greenhouse gas than we realized, according to a new generation of global climate models being used for the next major assessment from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The findings – which run counter to a 40-year consensus – are a troubling sign that future warming and related impacts could be even worse than expected.+ For more information please visit:https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/New-Models-Point-More-Global-Warming-We-Expected
