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Articles | Volume 24, issue 22
Articles | Volume 24, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-12793-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-12793-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 24, issue 22
Research article
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19 Nov 2024
Research article |  | 19 Nov 2024

The presence of clouds lowers climate sensitivity in the MPI-ESM1.2 climate model

Andrea Mosso, Thomas Hocking, and Thorsten Mauritsen

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Clouds play a crucial role in the Earth's energy balance, as they can either warm up or cool down the area they cover depending on their height and depth. They are expected to alter their behaviour under climate change, affecting the warming generated by greenhouse gases. This paper proposes a new method to estimate their overall effect on this warming by simulating a climate where clouds are transparent. Results show that with the model used, clouds have a stabilising effect on climate.
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