Cumulus, Stratus, and Stratocumulus clouds form at relatively low altitudes above the Earth’s surface. They all have one thing in common: they reflect sunlight and cool the Earth’s surface. However, a recent study by the Alfred Wegener Institute, the Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), shows that these clouds are decreasing, at least in certain regions.
Looking ahead to the year 2023, alarming records of rising sea levels, melting glaciers, and extreme heatwaves, both on land and in the oceans, are being set. The global average temperature, compared to pre-industrial levels, temporarily rose to 1.5 degrees Celsius, according to the United Nations, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the,,,,, the, the,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,