Luminous 'mother-of-pearl' clouds explain why climate models miss so much Arctic and Antarctic warming
- Written by: Katrin Meissner, Professor and Director of the Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW, UNSW Sydney
YanaBu, ShutterstockOur planet has warmed by about 1.2°C since 1850. But this warming is not uniform. Warming at the poles, especially the Arctic, has been three to four times faster than the rest of the globe. It’s a phenomenon known as “polar amplification”.
Climate models simulate this effect, but when tested against the...