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Re:France experiencing worst drought on record by ragebol on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @09:47AM (#32397817)
> This is mostly about lack of rainfall and not temperature.

Higher temperature air has less capacity to carry water, 7% less for every degree Celcius IIRC. So there could very well be a link.

EDIT: Nope, I had it completely backwards, which makes much more sense too. Colder = less capacity for water. I need a drink. Can't delete my misinformed comment unfortunately.

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Re:France experiencing worst drought on record by pfdietz on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @09:52AM (#32397905)
What? Absolute humidity at saturation increases with temperature (at fixed pressure). At 100 C (and 1 bar), the air becomes entirely water vapor.
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Re:France experiencing worst drought on record by ragebol on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @10:16AM (#32398290)
Oops, I had it the wrong way around.
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Re:France experiencing worst drought on record by trashtester on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @10:39AM (#32398631)
Generally, though, hotter weather means more water evaporates, and regardless of whether the air can hold more or less water, over time the same amount that goes up will come down, meaning total precipitation will increase as the earth gets warmer.

That doesn't mean that this increase will be uniform. The rain may very well come in Sahara, Arabia or Central Asia.

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Re:France experiencing worst drought on record by Loudergood on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @09:57AM (#32397982)
That is incredibly backwards. Which is why when the temperature drops the water literally comes out of the sky.
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Re:France experiencing worst drought on record by ragebol on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @10:16AM (#32398283)
Yep, you're are right, my bad.
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Re:France experiencing worst drought on record by Tsukiortu on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @05:29PM (#32418704)
Owning up to mistakes is better than hiding them, IMO. I have much for respect for someone who can say yeah I messed up like you did than someone who deletes it (Even if you can't).
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Re:France experiencing worst drought on record by ragebol on Thursday August 11, 2022 @04:15AM (#32422909)
Well, I'd delete to remove the disinformation, not to hide my mistake. Effect is the same of course.
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