Climate change is real, case closed. But there's still a lot we don't understand about it, and the more we know the better chance we have to slow it down. One still-unknown factor: How might clouds play a part? There's a small hope that they could buy us some time to fix things ... or they could make global warming worse. Climate scientist Kate Marvel takes us through the science of clouds and what it might take for Earth to break its own fever.

Kate Marvel: Can clouds buy us more time to solve climate change?

Can clouds buy us more time to solve climate change?

Clouds, acting as Earth's climate regulators, could either exacerbate global warming or offer a glimmer of hope by enhancing cooling.

Modeling difficulties: Cloud dynamics challenge climate models, influencing predictions on how hot our planet will get in the future.

Observations show clouds moving with global warming, amplifying the greenhouse effect, without signs of significantly slowing warming.