{"id":434956,"date":"2026-03-28T10:46:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T17:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=434956"},"modified":"2026-05-29T17:30:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T00:30:26","slug":"climate-is-cloud-controlled-john-clauser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=434956","title":{"rendered":"Climate is Cloud Controlled (John\u00a0Clauser)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"356\" data-attachment-id=\"434986\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=434986\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AQNrkldloGXs1Zmx5S7EFz3m8_HIWDgNYAdBj7d1PlEQw62y5zCQmLS4wk0aEgOWnWiqMY1rBx4P9bqEZ93APwhs0VR_zxyUPQzIkWIfbp2Uy1cm5HMUYHUsH0hcARMc.jpeg?fit=1651%2C812&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1651,812\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AQNrkldloGXs1Zmx5S7EFz3m8_HIWDgNYAdBj7d1PlEQw62y5zCQmLS4wk0aEgOWnWiqMY1rBx4P9bqEZ93APwhs0VR_zxyUPQzIkWIfbp2Uy1cm5HMUYHUsH0hcARMc\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AQNrkldloGXs1Zmx5S7EFz3m8_HIWDgNYAdBj7d1PlEQw62y5zCQmLS4wk0aEgOWnWiqMY1rBx4P9bqEZ93APwhs0VR_zxyUPQzIkWIfbp2Uy1cm5HMUYHUsH0hcARMc.jpeg?fit=723%2C356&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AQNrkldloGXs1Zmx5S7EFz3m8_HIWDgNYAdBj7d1PlEQw62y5zCQmLS4wk0aEgOWnWiqMY1rBx4P9bqEZ93APwhs0VR_zxyUPQzIkWIfbp2Uy1cm5HMUYHUsH0hcARMc.jpeg?resize=723%2C356&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-434986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AQNrkldloGXs1Zmx5S7EFz3m8_HIWDgNYAdBj7d1PlEQw62y5zCQmLS4wk0aEgOWnWiqMY1rBx4P9bqEZ93APwhs0VR_zxyUPQzIkWIfbp2Uy1cm5HMUYHUsH0hcARMc.jpeg?resize=1024%2C504&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AQNrkldloGXs1Zmx5S7EFz3m8_HIWDgNYAdBj7d1PlEQw62y5zCQmLS4wk0aEgOWnWiqMY1rBx4P9bqEZ93APwhs0VR_zxyUPQzIkWIfbp2Uy1cm5HMUYHUsH0hcARMc.jpeg?resize=300%2C148&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AQNrkldloGXs1Zmx5S7EFz3m8_HIWDgNYAdBj7d1PlEQw62y5zCQmLS4wk0aEgOWnWiqMY1rBx4P9bqEZ93APwhs0VR_zxyUPQzIkWIfbp2Uy1cm5HMUYHUsH0hcARMc.jpeg?resize=768%2C378&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AQNrkldloGXs1Zmx5S7EFz3m8_HIWDgNYAdBj7d1PlEQw62y5zCQmLS4wk0aEgOWnWiqMY1rBx4P9bqEZ93APwhs0VR_zxyUPQzIkWIfbp2Uy1cm5HMUYHUsH0hcARMc.jpeg?resize=1536%2C755&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AQNrkldloGXs1Zmx5S7EFz3m8_HIWDgNYAdBj7d1PlEQw62y5zCQmLS4wk0aEgOWnWiqMY1rBx4P9bqEZ93APwhs0VR_zxyUPQzIkWIfbp2Uy1cm5HMUYHUsH0hcARMc.jpeg?resize=640%2C315&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AQNrkldloGXs1Zmx5S7EFz3m8_HIWDgNYAdBj7d1PlEQw62y5zCQmLS4wk0aEgOWnWiqMY1rBx4P9bqEZ93APwhs0VR_zxyUPQzIkWIfbp2Uy1cm5HMUYHUsH0hcARMc.jpeg?resize=1200%2C590&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AQNrkldloGXs1Zmx5S7EFz3m8_HIWDgNYAdBj7d1PlEQw62y5zCQmLS4wk0aEgOWnWiqMY1rBx4P9bqEZ93APwhs0VR_zxyUPQzIkWIfbp2Uy1cm5HMUYHUsH0hcARMc.jpeg?w=1651&amp;ssl=1 1651w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AQNrkldloGXs1Zmx5S7EFz3m8_HIWDgNYAdBj7d1PlEQw62y5zCQmLS4wk0aEgOWnWiqMY1rBx4P9bqEZ93APwhs0VR_zxyUPQzIkWIfbp2Uy1cm5HMUYHUsH0hcARMc.jpeg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.com\/2026\/03\/23\/climate-is-cloud-controlled-john-clauser\/\">Science Matters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.com\/author\/ronaldrc\/\">Ron Clutz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CvqIqy8dUvA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the above brief interview Nobel Laureate John Clauser explains simply and clearly why CO2 climate hysteria is bogus.\u00a0 For those preferring to read, below is a transcript in italics with my bolds and added images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong>Nobel Laureate John Clauser: Climate Models Miss Key Variable<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I think one of the more important things that\u2019s happened recently is a gentleman, Steve Koonin, who was Barack Obama\u2019s science advisor, recently published a\u00a0<strong>very important seminal book called Unsettled,<\/strong>\u00a0What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn\u2019t, and Why It Matters. It\u2019s a very important book, and his basic message is that the\u00a0<strong>IPCC has 40 different computer models, all of which are making predictions<\/strong>, and all of which are being quoted by the press as predicting a climate crisis apocalypse. The problem is they all are<strong>\u00a0in total disagreement,<\/strong>\u00a0violent disagreement with each other in their predictions, and not one of them is capable of predicting retroactively, of explaining the history of the Earth\u2019s climate for the last hundred years.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"434962\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=434962\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-248.png?fit=1716%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1716,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-248.png?fit=686%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-248.png?resize=686%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-434962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-248.png?resize=686%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 686w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-248.png?resize=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1 201w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-248.png?resize=768%2C1146&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-248.png?resize=1030%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1030w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-248.png?resize=1373%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1373w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-248.png?resize=640%2C955&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-248.png?resize=1200%2C1790&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-248.png?w=1716&amp;ssl=1 1716w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-248.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>He finds this very distressing, and he then correspondingly says or believes that there is an important piece of physics that is missing in virtually all of these computer models. So what I\u2019m adding to the mix here is I believe I have<strong>\u00a0the missing piece<\/strong>\u00a0of the puzzle, if you will, that has been left out\u00a0<strong>in virtually all of these computer programs, and that is the effect of clouds.<\/strong>\u00a0The 2003 National Academy report totally admitted that they didn\u2019t understand it, and they made a whole series of mistaken statements regarding the effects of clouds.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"353\" data-attachment-id=\"434964\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=434964\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-249.png?fit=1920%2C937&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,937\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-249.png?fit=723%2C353&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-249.png?resize=723%2C353&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-434964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-249.png?resize=1024%2C500&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-249.png?resize=300%2C146&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-249.png?resize=768%2C375&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-249.png?resize=1536%2C750&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-249.png?resize=640%2C312&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-249.png?resize=1200%2C586&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-249.png?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-249.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>If you look at Al Gore\u2019s movie, he insists on talking about a cloud-free Earth, and the only way he can do this, he generates one from the mosaic of photos. Each one taken on a cloudless day for covering the whole Earth. That\u2019s a totally artificial Earth, and is a totally artificial case for using a model, and this is pretty much what\u00a0<strong>the IPCC and others use is a cloud-free Earth.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"449\" data-attachment-id=\"434966\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=434966\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-250.png?fit=600%2C449&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,449\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-250.png?fit=600%2C449&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-250.png?resize=600%2C449&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-434966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-250.png?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-250.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-250.png?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-250.png?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>If you look at pictures of the Earth in visible light, i.e. real sunlight, which is\u00a0<strong>sunlight<\/strong>\u00a0is the stuff that<strong>\u00a0heats the Earth.<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0<strong>infrared re-radiation<\/strong>\u00a0is the stuff that that\u00a0<strong>cools the Earth<\/strong>, and it\u2019s\u00a0<strong>the balance<\/strong>\u00a0between these two that\u00a0<strong>controls the Earth\u2019s temperature<\/strong>, and the important piece of the puzzle that has been left out is<strong>\u00a0trying to do this all with a cloud-free Earth, when the real Earth is shrouded in clouds.<\/strong>\u00a0I have some pictures, I don\u2019t know if you can show them, of satellite pictures of the Earth.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"416\" data-attachment-id=\"434968\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=434968\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0clauser-earth-clouds-2026.png?fit=1313%2C755&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1313,755\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0clauser-earth-clouds-2026\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0clauser-earth-clouds-2026.png?fit=723%2C416&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0clauser-earth-clouds-2026.png?resize=723%2C416&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-434968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0clauser-earth-clouds-2026.png?resize=1024%2C589&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0clauser-earth-clouds-2026.png?resize=300%2C173&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0clauser-earth-clouds-2026.png?resize=768%2C442&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0clauser-earth-clouds-2026.png?resize=640%2C368&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0clauser-earth-clouds-2026.png?resize=1200%2C690&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0clauser-earth-clouds-2026.png?w=1313&amp;ssl=1 1313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>These are all freely available on NASA\u2019s website, and they show<strong>\u00a0cloud cover<\/strong>\u00a0variations anywhere\u00a0<strong>from 5 to 95 percent<\/strong>. Typically, the Earth is shrouded in clouds\u00a0<strong>at least<\/strong>\u00a0between\u00a0<strong>a third of its area to two-thirds<\/strong>\u00a0of its area, and it fluctuates, the cloud cover fraction<strong>\u00a0fluctuates quite dramatically<\/strong>\u00a0on daily, weekly time scales. We call this weather.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c.tenor.com\/PLqmB_SmXQMAAAAC\/tenor.gif?w=723&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>You can\u2019t have weather without having clouds, and it is this<strong>\u00a0fluctuation in cloud cover<\/strong>\u00a0of the Earth that causes what I would refer to as\u00a0<strong>sunlight reflectivity thermostat that controls the climate<\/strong>, controls the temperature of the Earth, and\u00a0<strong>stabilizes it very powerfully and very dramatically.<\/strong>\u00a0This mechanism, totally heretofore unnoticed, and I call it kind of an elephant in the room, hiding in plain sight that nobody seems to have noticed. I can\u2019t imagine why not, but there were similar elephants in the room in quantum mechanics that I discovered.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>So the variation in the\u00a0<strong>cloud cover,<\/strong>\u00a0the importance in the actual power balance is\u00a0<strong>200 times more powerful than<\/strong>\u00a0the effect, the\u00a0<strong>small effect<\/strong>\u00a0by comparison<strong>\u00a0of CO2.<\/strong>\u00a0And I might add\u00a0<strong>also of methane.<\/strong>\u00a0Methane and CO2 are comparable in the total heat loss.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>So let me give you an example of\u00a0<strong>how this mechanism works.<\/strong>\u00a0Okay, first off, you have to notice that the\u00a0<strong>Earth is two-thirds ocean,<\/strong>\u00a0and that\u2019s where most of the importance of the clouds comes in. Sunlight is the heating mechanism.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"396\" data-attachment-id=\"434971\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=434971\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-251.png?fit=856%2C469&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"856,469\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-251.png?fit=723%2C396&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-251.png?resize=723%2C396&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-434971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-251.png?w=856&amp;ssl=1 856w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-251.png?resize=300%2C164&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-251.png?resize=768%2C421&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-251.png?resize=640%2C351&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Clouds appear bright white.\u00a0<strong>Ground, oceans, etc. are very dark and reflect very little light.<\/strong><\/em><br><em>But\u00a0<strong>clouds reflect 90% of the sunlight that hits them<\/strong>, gets reflected back out into space, where it no longer comes to the Earth, no longer heats the Earth. Say you only got a third of a cloud cover. So you now have lots and lots of sunlight.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Sunlight impinging on the ocean evaporates seawater.<\/strong>\u00a0Seawater forms water vapor. The<strong>\u00a0water vapor floats up into the sky and forms clouds.<\/strong>\u00a0It forms lots and lots of clouds because the cloud creation rate is very high. But we started out with too low set of clouds, and now we have an increasing number. So now we end up with very high cloud coverage.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"405\" data-attachment-id=\"434973\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=434973\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0clauser-3-cloudy-earth-2026.png?fit=1268%2C710&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1268,710\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0,clauser-3-cloudy-earth-2026\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0clauser-3-cloudy-earth-2026.png?fit=723%2C405&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0clauser-3-cloudy-earth-2026.png?resize=723%2C405&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-434973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0clauser-3-cloudy-earth-2026.png?resize=1024%2C573&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0clauser-3-cloudy-earth-2026.png?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0clauser-3-cloudy-earth-2026.png?resize=768%2C430&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0clauser-3-cloudy-earth-2026.png?resize=640%2C358&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0clauser-3-cloudy-earth-2026.png?resize=1200%2C672&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0clauser-3-cloudy-earth-2026.png?w=1268&amp;ssl=1 1268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Okay, so now say it\u2019s two-thirds. Well, let me give you an example. If you want to<strong>\u00a0try to read a book on an overcast day indoors without turning the lights on<\/strong>, it\u2019s just too dark. You can\u2019t do it without turning the lights off. The question is, where did all that sunlight go? It\u2019s coming in scattered light coming in through the window, but boy, it\u2019s a lot darker now. So where did it go? There\u2019s only one place.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>It got scattered back out into space where it\u2019s no longer hitting the Earth.<\/strong>\u00a0So, okay, so we now have the total power input coming to the Earth is now much, much smaller. Okay, well, this is happening on the oceans too. If you have large cloud cover, you have a lot of shadows.\u00a0<strong>Clouds create shadows.<\/strong>\u00a0You can see this by standing and watching clouds pass over. Well, the oceans are now shadowed.\u00a0<strong>The shadows don\u2019t have enough energy to evaporate anywhere near as much water.<\/strong>\u00a0So we have too much cloud cover.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Then we\u00a0<strong>reduce the evaporation rate of water<\/strong>, and so that then\u00a0<strong>reduces the production of cloud.<\/strong>\u00a0So we now have these two competing clouds. Okay, so the\u00a0<strong>power loss is like 104 watts per square meter<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>when<\/strong>\u00a0we only have\u00a0<strong>a third cloud cover<\/strong>, and<strong>\u00a0208 watts per square meter<\/strong>\u00a0of surface area of the Earth\u00a0<strong>when<\/strong>\u00a0we have a\u00a0<strong>very low cloud cover.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"422\" data-attachment-id=\"434975\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=434975\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-252.png?fit=1206%2C704&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1206,704\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-252.png?fit=723%2C422&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-252.png?resize=723%2C422&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-434975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-252.png?resize=1024%2C598&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-252.png?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-252.png?resize=768%2C448&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-252.png?resize=640%2C374&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-252.png?resize=1200%2C700&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-252.png?w=1206&amp;ssl=1 1206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Figure 10. This graph is the cloud fraction and is set forth on the left vertical axis. The temperature is on the right vertical axis and the horizontal axis represents the observation year. The information was extrapolated from figures prepared by Hans-Rolf Dubal and Fritz Vahrenholt [37]. Source: Nelson &amp; Nelson (2024;)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>So the difference between those is the order of\u00a0<strong>104 watts per square meter<\/strong>\u00a0of surface area. That needs to be<strong>\u00a0compared with<\/strong>\u00a0this minuscule\u00a0<strong>half a watt per square meter<\/strong>\u00a0of surface area that CO2 contributes. So the power in this thermostat, in terms of what they refer to as radiative forcing, these are the how many watts per square meter of surface area are involved, is<strong>\u00a0200 times more powerful than the effect of CO2 and also methane<\/strong>, by the way.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>So I then assert that this is so powerful. I mean, it\u2019s like your house has a huge furnace with a very accurate thermostat controlling its temperature, and somebody leaves a minor, a small bathroom window, and there\u2019s a small heat leak. Would the rest of the house notice a change in temperature? None if your thermostat is working very well.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"456\" data-attachment-id=\"434977\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=434977\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-253.png?fit=736%2C464&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"736,464\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-253.png?fit=723%2C456&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-253.png?resize=723%2C456&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-434977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-253.png?w=736&amp;ssl=1 736w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-253.png?resize=300%2C189&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-253.png?resize=640%2C403&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>This is clearly the most important, the controlling mechanism for the Earth\u2019s temperature and climate<\/strong>, and it dwarfs the effect of CO2 and methane. All the government programs that are designed to limit CO2 and methane should be immediately dropped.<strong>\u00a0We\u2019re spending trillions of dollars on this<\/strong>, and it\u2019s sort of like Everett Dirksen\u2019s famous line, you know, a trillion here, a trillion there, and pretty soon you\u2019re talking real money.<a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/climate-change-trillions.png\"><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"561\" data-attachment-id=\"434979\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=434979\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0climate-models-epic-fail.png?fit=2316%2C1796&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2316,1796\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0climate-models-epic-fail\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0climate-models-epic-fail.png?fit=723%2C561&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0climate-models-epic-fail.png?resize=723%2C561&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-434979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0climate-models-epic-fail.png?resize=1024%2C794&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0climate-models-epic-fail.png?resize=300%2C233&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0climate-models-epic-fail.png?resize=768%2C596&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0climate-models-epic-fail.png?resize=1536%2C1191&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0climate-models-epic-fail.png?resize=2048%2C1588&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0climate-models-epic-fail.png?resize=640%2C496&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0climate-models-epic-fail.png?resize=1200%2C931&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0climate-models-epic-fail.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0climate-models-epic-fail.png?w=2169&amp;ssl=1 2169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See Also:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-science-matters wp-block-embed-science-matters\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"pzZ8nryeeQ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.com\/2025\/06\/23\/2025-evidence-of-natures-sunscreen\/\">2025 Evidence of Nature&#8217;s&nbsp;Sunscreen<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;2025 Evidence of Nature&#8217;s&nbsp;Sunscreen&#8221; &#8212; Science Matters\" src=\"https:\/\/rclutz.com\/2025\/06\/23\/2025-evidence-of-natures-sunscreen\/embed\/#?secret=BxOKUzToLU#?secret=pzZ8nryeeQ\" data-secret=\"pzZ8nryeeQ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"674\" height=\"304\" data-attachment-id=\"434982\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=434982\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-254.png?fit=674%2C304&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"674,304\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-254.png?fit=674%2C304&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-254.png?resize=674%2C304&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-434982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-254.png?w=674&amp;ssl=1 674w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-254.png?resize=300%2C135&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-254.png?resize=640%2C289&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, what I\u2019m adding to the mix here is I believe I have the missing piece of the puzzle, if you will, that has been left out in virtually all of these computer programs, and that is the effect of clouds. 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