Global warming is increased by the retention of heat exerted by greenhouse gases when solar radiation affects the earth's surface. This solar radiation increases temperatures around the world and is increased on clear days.
A study carried out by scientists from the Institute of Marine Sciences of the CSIC has investigated the consequences of the thaw on the formation of clouds. What do they have to do with each other?
Thaw of the Antarctic Ocean
According to the scientists who have carried out the study, when ice melts due to high temperatures it emits atmospheric nitrogen. This atmospheric nitrogen favors the formation of clouds. The study has discovered particles that come from microscopic life that inhabits the sea ice and the waters that surround it.
As we know, the melting of the world's polar ice caps is accelerated by global warming and climate change. This thaw can favor the emission of substances that help the formation of clouds. This variable had not been taken into account in any study of the polar climate.
To understand this study, it is necessary to analyze and take a global and joint look at all the interactions between the ocean, ice, atmosphere and life. This machinery of the climate is quite complete and they depend on quite determined and unstable equilibria.
This data may be encouraging, since with better cloud formation, the amount of solar radiation that hits the earth's surface could decrease, thus softening global temperatures. Further, increased rainfall could end drought in many parts of the world and favor the growth of vegetation, which, in turn, also conditions the formation of new clouds and creates a better climate and adequate humidity.