image: This is a view of mixed-phase clouds approaching Jungfraujoch in the Swiss Alps. The thin and wispy cloud layers indicate the presence of ice crystals and the puffy cloud layers are composed of liquid droplets that are more reflective of sunlight. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the April 8, 2016 issue of <i>Science</i>, published by AAAS. The paper, by I. Tan at Yale University in New Haven, CT, and colleagues was titled, "Observational constraints on mixed-phase clouds imply higher climate sensitivity." view more
Credit: Larissa Lacher
人間活動に起因する地球の平均気温上昇を予測するためのモデルは、これまで雲が及ぼす重要な影響を過小評価しており、いくつかのシミュレーションでは、おそらく本来より1.3℃も低く予測していたことが、新しい研究によって示唆された。
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