World's clouds are shifting, but not in a good way

Cloud tops are stretching higher into the atmosphere, meaning the earth is more likely to warm faster

Clouds' bright-white nature increases the planet's ability to reflect the sun's radiation back into space. Photo: Flickr/p.Gordon

The way clouds cover the earth has dramatically changed over the last few decades, and what it means for our planet isn't very good.

Using satellite data to track cloud patterns since 1983, a new study published in Nature found that, because of climate change, cloud coverage has shifted toward the poles.

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