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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: 0.205s | source
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jmclnx ◴[05 Apr 25 13:06 UTC] No.43593152[source]▶
Interesting, the area I live in is expected to get more rain as climate change gets worse. So I would think we would have more cloud cover. But the article is about "reflective clouds".

As I look out my window, I see dark clouds right now as opposed to white fluffy clouds. Will need to note the colors as time goes on for my fully non-scientific surveys :)

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goodluckchuck ◴[05 Apr 25 13:20 UTC] No.43593245[source]▶
Clouds are all the same color. The darkness we see is the shadows from other clouds.
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belinder ◴[05 Apr 25 13:46 UTC] No.43593497[source]▶
No, darkness comes from density. The denser the cloud (the more water it contains), the less light can come through, thus it looks darker.
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1. Jolter ◴[05 Apr 25 15:07 UTC] No.43594055[source]▶
Even very dense rain clouds look perfectly white from above. They all reflect light back into space.