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Some clouds could become thinner as global temperatures riseJason Edwards/National geographic collection/Getty
By Michael MarshallThe climate may be more sensitive to greenhouse gases than we thought. That’s because in a warmer world high-altitude clouds may become thinner, causing them to reflect less sunlight back into space.
“This is a previously unrecognised effect that should be looked into in more detail,” says Richard Allan at the University of Reading in the UK, who was not involved in the study. “If it is going on in the real world, you’d expect climate feedbacks to be more strongly amplified.” …