Extreme precipitation is likely when a storm passes through a warmer
atmosphere holding more water.
However, this doesn't account for feedbacks, for example ice melting and making the planet less reflective, and the warmer
atmosphere holding more water vapor (another greenhouse gas).
«If this rainfall change was caused simply by a warmer
atmosphere holding more moisture, we would have expected an increase in the average rainfall when each system, organised or disorganised, occurs,» said Dr Tan
From the basic physics of the atmosphere, scientists expect that as the planet heats up from ever - mounting levels of greenhouse gases, net global precipitation will increase because a warmer
atmosphere holds more moisture.
However, the surface warming caused by human - produced increases in carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases leads to a large increase in water vapor, since a warmer
atmosphere holds more moisture.
Rahmstorf said in a follow up email that this is just basic physics, citing the Clausius - Clapeyron equation, which shows that
the atmosphere holds more water vapor when it is warmer, setting the stage for more rainfall.
We know that a warmer
atmosphere holds more moisture, so we can expect an uptick in snowfall.
A warmer
atmosphere holds more moisture, so precipitation can be heavier and cause more extreme flooding.
He will not glean any disunity because the contributors to this forum are by and large scientists who understand the psychics behind global warming as thoroughly and well as; why does ice expand when heated; or why can warm
atmosphere hold more water vapour than cold.
Karl said the hotter
atmosphere holds more moisture.
So Karl thinks hotter
atmosphere holds more moisture, brilliant.
A warmer
atmosphere holds more water vapor, which is shifting the odds toward more intense rainstorms.
However, the surface warming caused by human - produced increases in carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases leads to a large increase in water vapor, since a warmer
atmosphere holds more moisture.
[7][8] A warmer
atmosphere holds more water vapor, feeding more precipitation into all storms including hurricanes, significantly amplifying extreme rainfall and increasing the risk of flooding.
Increased snowfall over the region is consistent with global climate models because a warmer
atmosphere holds more moisture.
A warmer
atmosphere holds more moisture, so precipitation can be heavier and cause more extreme flooding.
Physically, a warmer
atmosphere holds more water vapor that can enhance moisture convergence and rainfall rates in storm systems such as hurricanes.
In addition, a warmed
atmosphere holds more moisture than a cool one.
Not exact matches
In short we may say that faith in Man, by the combined effect of its universality and its elemental quality, shows itself upon examination to be the general
atmosphere in which the higher,
more elaborated forms of faith which we all
hold in one way or another may best (indeed can only) grow and come together.
Nutiva is focused on regenerative agriculture so it can sequester carbon from the
atmosphere and oceans, putting it into the soil so the soil can
hold more water, use less fertilizer and enhance nutritional elements in foods.
The Chornomorets Stadium, where the match will be played in Odessa will
hold around 16,000 supporters, the majority of which will be home support, which will make the
atmosphere a little
more difficult for United, who will need to get the result they desire, or face an early exit from the competition, which will then unleash much
more negativity from the awaiting media.
A year ago, the State of the County was
held in a
more tumultuous
atmosphere: Mahoney and Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner had publicly split over a tentative proposal for a new sports stadium in Syracuse.
A warmer
atmosphere will
hold more moisture, unleashing intense but less frequent rainstorms.
A different planet might have some mitigating factors — for example, active geological processes that replenish the
atmosphere to a degree, a magnetic field to shield the
atmosphere from stripping by the stellar wind, or a larger size that gives
more gravity to
hold on to the
atmosphere.
But by the same token, as global temperatures rise, the
atmosphere can
hold more water vapor.
Other scientists, such as physicist Myles Allen of the University of Oxford, examine the problem from the opposite side: How much
more CO2 can the
atmosphere safely
hold?
A rather straightforward calculation showed that doubling the level of carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere... which would arrive in the late 21st century if no steps were taken to curb emissions... should raise the temperature of the surface roughly one degree C. However, a warmer
atmosphere would
hold more water vapor, which ought to cause another degree or so of warming.
One thing is already clear: A warmer global
atmosphere currently
holds about 3 to 5 percent
more water vapor than it did at the beginning of the 20th century, and that can contribute to heavier precipitation.
Scientific research suggests that global warming causes heavier rainfall because a hotter
atmosphere can
hold more moisture and warmer oceans evaporate faster feeding the
atmosphere with
more moisture.
Indeed, conventional wisdom
held that higher levels of aerosol pollution in the
atmosphere should cool the earth's climate because aerosols can increase cloudiness; they not only reduce precipitation, which raises the water content in clouds, but they also increase the size of the individual water droplets, which in turn causes
more warming sunlight to be reflected back into space.
By analyzing global water vapor and temperature satellite data for the lower
atmosphere, Texas A&M University atmospheric scientist Andrew Dessler and his colleagues found that warming driven by carbon dioxide and other gases allowed the air to
hold more moisture, increasing the amount of water vapor in the
atmosphere.
This is because not only does the higher water -
holding capacity lead to increased rainfall, but climate change makes the
atmosphere more favourable to low - pressure systems bringing rain from the Atlantic across southern England.»
The authors found that this increase resulted in part from the ability of a warmer
atmosphere to
hold more water.
«If this outlook
holds true, this season could be one of the
more active on record,» said Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and
atmosphere and NOAA administrator.
In general, climate scientists expect heavy downpours to increase over the U.S. and elsewhere, as a warmer
atmosphere can
hold more moisture, making
more of it available to fall as rain.
MAUNA KEA, HI — A primitive ocean on Mars once
held more water than Earth's Arctic Ocean, according to NASA scientists who measured signatures of water in the planet's
atmosphere using the most powerful telescopes on Earth including the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii.
For every 1 °F increase in temperature, the
atmosphere can
hold around 4 percent
more water vapor, which leads to heavier rain and increases the risk of flooding of rivers and streams.
Scientists think the stronger magnetic field would have kept
more gasses in the
atmosphere, just as a stronger magnet can
hold more paper clips.
For every 1 °F of temperature increase, the
atmosphere can effectively
hold 4 percent
more water vapor.
In a warmer climate, the
atmosphere can
hold even
more moisture, so it is not surprising that the number of atmospheric river days will increase in the future.
In 2012, a controversial study challenged previously accepted ideas about the mechanisms through which climate change will affect our weather: Warmer temperatures will result in
more heat waves, hotter summers will bring worse droughts, the warmer
atmosphere will
hold more water, resulting in heavier precipitation and flooding.
A generally warmer world
holds more moisture in the
atmosphere.
One of the leading hypotheses is that while warming throughout the
atmosphere can make it
more stable (bad news for tornadoes), it also means the
atmosphere can
hold more moisture (good news for tornadoes).
This new information contradicts long -
held ideas that such stellar
atmospheres are
more uniform, and may resolve questions about how the star's
atmosphere attains its enormous size as well as how dust and gas is driven away from the star.
I presume this is because a warmer
atmosphere can
hold more water vapor, and that rain (or snow) has to come down somewhere.
Anything that «
holds up» the temperature, whether it be CO2 or changes in solar brightness, allows the
atmosphere to
hold more water.
Although it stands to reason that a warming climate could worsen storm intensity since a warmer
atmosphere can
hold more moisture, Henson cautioned, «Even when researchers find that a given type of disaster has become
more likely, a rare event is still going to be rare — and it can occur without any help from greenhouse gases.»
you said yourself «Anything that «
holds up» the temperature, whether it be CO2 or changes in solar brightness, allows the
atmosphere to
hold more water....»
A warmer
atmosphere can
hold more moisture, which means that when storms pass through, they drop
more precipitation.
With hotter temperatures,
more water evaporates off the oceans, and the
atmosphere can
hold more moisture.