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Shouldn’t they reflect the suns heat away from earth?
by mrfusion 7y ago
Shouldn’t they reflect the suns heat away from earth?
- mdorazio 7y agoSeems there's some debate about that and the article didn't actually cite any resources to back it up. According to the end of this National Science Foundation article [1], it depends on the type of cloud. Contrails are maybe analogous to cirrus clouds, which block more thermal energy from the ground than they reflect back into space. [1] https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/clouds/question.jsp https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/clouds/question.jsp