A recent study by NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies reveals that diminished cloud cover is primarily driving the abrupt global warming observed in 2023, with carbon dioxide contributing merely 10%. Over the last two decades, clouds that historically reflected sunlight have decreased, thereby increasing Earth's heat absorption. This has significant implications, particularly for regions like the Amazon and Congolian forests, which have faced drastic reductions in cloud cover and are now nearing ecological tipping points due to climate change effects and deforestation, threatening overall carbon sink functions.
NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies found that recent global warming in 2023 is mainly due to reduced cloud cover, with CO2 contributing only 10%.
The Amazon rainforest is approaching a tipping point, with deforestation and dry seasons leading to significant degradation of its carbon storage capability.
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