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kacesensitive ◴[05 Apr 25 13:16 UTC] No.43593217[source]▶

Earth gets over 170,000 terawatts of solar energy every day—10,000 times more than humanity uses. Losing just a fraction of our cloud cover means a massive, invisible throttle is coming off the climate system. If this trend holds, we’re not just warming—we’re stepping on the gas.

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dbacar ◴[05 Apr 25 13:22 UTC] No.43593273[source]▶

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terawatt is not an energy unit.

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1. roter ◴[05 Apr 25 14:14 UTC] No.43593698[source]▶

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Units provided were power not energy. The number provided is just the product of the solar constant and the cross-sectional area of Earth [0], roughly.

[0] https://bionumbers.hms.harvard.edu/bionumber.aspx?id=100943

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Earth's clouds are shrinking, boosting global warming