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Cloudy climate change: How clouds affect Earth's temperature - Jasper Kirkby

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As the Earth’s surface temperature gradually rises, it has become vital for us to predict the rate of this increase with as much precision as possible. In order to do that, scientists need to understand more about aerosols and clouds. Jasper Kirkby details an experiment at CERN that aims to do just that.

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The CLOUD experiment is measuring some important unknown physics and chemistry of aerosols and clouds in a large chamber at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. Why is it better to do some experiments like these in the laboratory rather than in the real atmosphere?

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