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Cloudy forecast

The biggest source of climate uncertainty is white and fluffy

Earth clouds

UP IN THE AIR  Clouds can both warm and cool the planet. How clouds will respond to global warming is the largest source of uncertainty in climate change predictions.

NASA

By Gabriel Popkin

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