#48 – Spencer Weart on the Discovery of Global Warming
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Is There a Negative Feedback Loop?
As late as the 19 nineties, there were serious scientists who thought that increasing cloudiness would retard global warming. And it's only, i would say, in the last 20 years at we've come to understand the global warming,. On the net, decreases cloudiness, or at least decreases the kinds of cloud they would help keep the earth cool. But fortunately, that doesn't seem likelybu ah, but it suddenly, took a very long time toYes, really fascinating. I could talk for an hour in very warring terms as to how people have tried to come to grips with the effects of clouds. It's hideously complex.
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