The clouds on Neptune definitely increase/decrease with solar radiation despite receiving 1/900th as much as Earth receives. Surely this finding has no implications for Earth climate.

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[–]Alphix 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yep, all the planets are having coherent climate change ALL AT THE SAME TIME but it's our fault for sure. The super rich & powerful assholes told us, it must be true!

[–]weavilsatemyface 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

all the planets are having coherent climate change ALL AT THE SAME TIME

No they aren't. Clouds have not disappeared from Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Venus or Earth. (Mercury and Mars have no clouds to disappear.)

The change we're seeing on Neptune is unique to Neptune's atmospheric chemistry. And it goes to show that small causes (like a 0.1% change in solar radiation, or 50% increase in CO2) can have major effects across entire planets.