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Episode: The Weirdest Reason the Poles Are Warming So Fast? Invisible Clouds
Description: Clouds way up in the stratosphere act like a blanket, trapping heat in the Arctic and Antarctica. That could help explain why models keep underestimating how fast they’re warming. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.
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