Ariadne<p>An "oldie" (2019 paper) but a real baddie - the danger of <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/clouds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clouds</span></a>, particularly <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/stratocumulus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stratocumulus</span></a> clouds in the <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/subtropics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subtropics</span></a>, disappearing (!), is real, and really frightening. According to the most accurate (and afaik only) modeling done about this, if <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CO2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CO2</span></a> reaches 1200 ppm - which it is predicted to do by mainstream <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> models in 100 years - a <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/TippingPoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TippingPoint</span></a> will be crossed, stratocumulus clouds will disappear, and average <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/temperatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>temperatures</span></a> will rise by 10C in the subtropics and 8C in the <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/tropics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tropics</span></a>. In other words, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earth</span></a>, as a livable planet for most species. will be done and dusted.</p><p>Here is a link to the original journal article in Nature Geoscience, "Possible <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> transitions from breakup of stratocumulus decks under <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/greenhouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greenhouse</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/warming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warming</span></a>", 25 Feb 2019, by T. Schneider, C.M. Kaul, and K.G. Pressel <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-019-0310-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41561-019</span><span class="invisible">-0310-1</span></a></p><p>Here is a non-paywall, pdf download link to the article - <a href="https://sci-hub.hkvisa.net/10.1038/s41561-019-0310-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sci-hub.hkvisa.net/10.1038/s41</span><span class="invisible">561-019-0310-1</span></a></p><p>And here is a great article about this by Natalie Wolchover in Quanta Magazine - "A World Without Clouds" - <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/cloud-loss-could-add-8-degrees-to-global-warming-20190225/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">quantamagazine.org/cloud-loss-</span><span class="invisible">could-add-8-degrees-to-global-warming-20190225/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GHG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GHG</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Emissions</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/TippingPoints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TippingPoints</span></a></p>