Talk:Cloud forcing

Wimp out
The article currently wimps out of any attempt to discuss CF in relation to change over the next century William M. Connolley (talk) 22:45, 29 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Presumably, theoretically, all the gases in the clouds should be warmer than outside the cloud at the same altitude due the constant water vapor amount and condensation energy. Only when it rains the cloud begins to lose its energy, presuming no heat loss through the tropopause. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.156.31.132 (talk) 08:19, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Destroying clouds
Would it be possible to mitigate the effects of global warming by destroying clouds on a large scale, perhaps using silver iodide? Stonemason89 (talk) 18:38, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

Article out of date
The most recent source is an unrefereed blog post from 2005, with the other sources 2001 and earlier. Even the second last IPCC report is more recent. Would it be possible for someone familiar with the many articles on the subject in the last five years or so to update the article accordingly? It would be nice to know today's consensus on whether net cloud radiative forcing, CRF, is positive or negative, and the level of certainty. Vaughan Pratt (talk) 18:50, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

Merge into cloud feedback?
Could this article be merged into cloud feedback? Interestingly, the glossary of the IPCC Six Assessment report WG 1 does not mention "cloud forcing" but does mention "cloud feedback". Is that a sign that "cloud forcing" is no longer a key term that is being used? EMsmile (talk) 23:37, 18 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Support merge (after a skim read - but as I know little I might be convinced otherwise) Chidgk1 (talk) 18:02, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Support merge. While they aren't the same thing (cloud forcing is a consistent part of the climate system, and cloud feedback describes a change which is occurring to it over time), this particular article is in a very bad state (nearly all the references are from 1990s) and it has little potential for expansion. Nowadays, it's the feedback which matters the most to readers, so cleaned-up material from here would help to provide them with context on the feedback article. InformationToKnowledge (talk) 06:45, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I've carried out the merger. Further discussions on the talk page of cloud feedback. EMsmile (talk) 07:40, 12 April 2024 (UTC)