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).
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.
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.
A warmer
atmosphere holds more water vapor, which is shifting the odds toward more intense rainstorms.
[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.
Physically, a warmer
atmosphere holds more water vapor that can enhance moisture convergence and rainfall rates in storm systems such as hurricanes.
Not exact matches
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.
But by the same token, as global temperatures rise, the
atmosphere can
hold more water vapor.
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.
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.
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.
For every 1 °F of temperature increase, the
atmosphere can effectively
hold 4 percent
more water vapor.
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.
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.
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.
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....»
With hotter temperatures,
more water evaporates off the oceans, and the
atmosphere can
hold more moisture.
it thought it has been demonstrated that the
atmosphere holds 4 %
more water vapour now then it did at the start of the 20th century and that 2010 has had the heaviest rainfall globally.
But there are solid physical reasons to expect acceleration — the radiative imbalance is growing along with the concentrations of GHGs; we are shedding reflective ice from the cryosphere; our warming
atmosphere is
holding more water vapor, a potent GHG; and we are melting permafrost and frozen soils to release methane.
As the
atmosphere warms it can
hold more water; that additional
water vapor provides
more of the warming than is directl caused by CO2.
So a local spike in precipitation releases a lot of heat — but as the heat increases, this negatively affects the vapor - >
water transition (precipitation, or raindrop formation), since warm air
holds more water then cool air — and so the limit on precipitation vis - a-vis the radiative balance of the
atmosphere appears.
Warmer air
holds more water vapor than colder air, so the amount of
water vapor in the lower
atmosphere increases as it is warmed by the greenhouse effect.
The increased warmth allows the
atmosphere to
hold more water vapour so that total atmospheric density increases and the atmospheric greenhouse effect strengthens.
The
atmosphere could
hold much
more water vapor than it does.
Hence the
atmosphere can
hold more water.
1) Prove that the
atmosphere could
hold much
more water vapor than it does.
It is generally accepted that a warmer climate will result in
more water evaporating from the land and sea and therefore resulting in a higher level of
water in the
atmosphere, partly because the warmer the air is the
more water it can
hold.
With hotter temperatures,
more water evaporates off the oceans, and the
atmosphere can
hold more moisture.
The limit of
water the
atmosphere can
hold suddenly gets a lot
more complicated and this is the part they don't understand well enough to get their theory and models working.
This causes the
atmosphere to
hold more water vapor, which leads to heavier downpours.
For example, the CO2 - induced global warming allows the
atmosphere to
hold more water vapor.
But air temperature would increase significantly, and entire
atmosphere could
hold many factors
more water, so in about century, all ice caps could be gone.
Accordingly, changes in temperature and the
water holding capacity of the
atmosphere are
more robust than changes that depend on winds in any way.
First, there's the well - known fact that a warmer
atmosphere can
hold more water vapor, meaning
more moisture can be wrung out of the clouds when it does rain.
Lets confuse the issue
more: «One of the fundamental aspects of global warming is that it increases the amount of moisture in the
atmosphere, because warmer air
holds more water vapor.»
For every extra degree (Cº) of warming, the
atmosphere holds about 7 %
more water vapour.
The oceans, though,
hold much
more heat than the
atmosphere; e.g. the top 15 cm (6 inches) of ocean
waters contain
more heat than the entire
atmosphere.
A warmer
atmosphere can
hold more water vapour.
The
atmosphere now
holds 4 %
more water vapour than it did 40 years ago as a result of increasing temperatures.
One of the most likely byproducts of global warming is
more extreme precipitation events, as warmer temperatures can
hold more water vapor in the
atmosphere.
The revised statement is
more sensible, but I would suggest you critically examine your concept of «distorting markets» particularly as regards what economists term «unowned resources,» such as a breathable
atmosphere, fields or forests
held in common (as in the original «Tragedy of the Commons»), stocks of fish in the ocean, or drinking
water from lakes and rivers.
When it comes down it comes down with greater intensity as the
atmosphere heats and is able to
hold more water.
The
atmosphere grows moister because warmer air can
hold more water vapor, which absorbs
more shortwave radiation.