Nature Communications
Revealing the widespread potential of forests to increase low level cloud cover
Satellites reveal how forests increase cloud and cool climate
Written by Copernical Team Thursday, 05 August 2021 07:45-
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Forests are not only key to moderating our climate by sequestering atmospheric carbon, but they also create a cooling effect by increasing low-level cloud. A first global assessment using satellite observations has shown that for two-thirds of the world, afforestation increases low-level cloud cover, with the effect being strongest over evergreen needleleaf forest.