Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again
by mihaifm on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @06:21PM
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=> more water in the air => increased greenhouse effect => rising temperatures => even more water in the air
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Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again
by mirimir on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @06:44PM
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Yes. And the greenhouse effect overall is mostly due to water in the air. But water content is very sensitive to temperature. And when CO2 level increases, that also increases water content. So water is like an amplifier for CO2 changes.
Edit: Maybe someone thinks that this is a GCC-denial argument. It's not. Water vapor is in fact the major greenhouse gas: 36% (in dry areas) to 72% (in humid areas) of total greenhouse forcing.[0]
0) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas#Greenhouse_gase...
Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again
by Gibbon1 on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @08:49PM
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I think that's what I read. Water vapor amplifies the green house effect of increased CO4 and CH4. And figuring out the exact forcing constant is complicated by weather patterns and cloud cover.
One of the other things that scares me is weather is chaotic. Patterns repeat year over year. But global warming could cause those patterns to change. Possibly permanently as far as human civilization goes.