A joint European-Japanese satellite has launched to measure how clouds influence the climate.
Some low-level clouds are known to cool the planet, others at high altitude will act as a blanket.
The Earthcare mission will use a laser and a radar to probe the atmosphere to see precisely where the balance lies. It's taken fully 20 years to get Earthcare into space
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