Anthropogenic Global Warming ... how hot is it ?

[Rigby5]

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The only way I know of that may prevent global warming from making all life on the planet go extinct, is that it may first produce a constant cloud cover from the ocean warming.
That may keep global temperatures survivable, but constant cloud cover would have its own problems as well.
Astronomy and air travel would be greatly effected, for example.

 

[Shiftless2]

The only way I know of that may prevent global warming from making all life on the planet go extinct, is that it may first produce a constant cloud cover from the ocean warming.

In the day, science fiction novels pictured Venus as an ocean planet occupied by sea monsters and who knows what else. It wasn't until relatively recently that we discovered that is not what those clouds were covering.

 

[Rigby5]

In the day, science fiction novels pictured Venus as an ocean planet occupied by sea monsters and who knows what else. It wasn't until relatively recently that we discovered that is not what those clouds were covering.

While I have not looked into the details myself, the hope clouds will reflect solar heat away enough to prevent global warming from being fatal seem slim because it did not help Venus.
Which is still over 400 degrees even with the clouds. It could be clouds make it worse, since water vapor also is a greenhouse gas?

 

[Shiftless2]

No question - all I was doing was pointing out that science fiction from the 50's and 60's presented Venus as a cloud covered ocean or jungle.