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Earth's clouds are shrinking, boosting global warming

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157 points Helmut10001 | 1 comments | 05 Apr 25 12:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.219s | source
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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]▶
terawatt is not an energy unit.
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1. jessekv ◴[05 Apr 25 14:35 UTC] No.43593850[source]▶
If you read it like "Earth gets over 170,000 terawatts of solar energy- all day, every day" then it works.