Sentences with phrase «more water vapor rises»

Warmer water means more water vapor rises up into the air, and what goes up must come down.

The Clausius - Clapeyron equation specifies that as the temperature of the air rises the ability of the air to hold more water vapor rises exponentially.

Not exact matches

But by the same token, as global temperatures rise, the atmosphere can hold more water vapor.

Prior to an eruption, gases — water vapor, carbon dioxide, and sulfur dioxide — bubble out of the magma as it rises, adding more pressure to the volcanic system, she explains.

Rising temperatures would put more water vapor into the atmosphere, which then rains out, increasing the amount of dissolved carbon dioxide that chemically interacts with the rocks.

The spacecraft's sensitive spectrometer was able to register the chemical signatures not only of water vapor but also of hydrogen cyanide, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide — all precursors of the more complex molecules that scientists think eventually gave rise to life on Earth.

They expected that rising temperatures would produce more water vapor, leading to more snowfall and more ice.

Climate scientists know that the intensity of extreme precipitation events is on the rise because there's more water vapor in the atmosphere caused by higher global and sea temperatures.

They strengthen over warm water, such as that around Florida, and rising temperatures create more water vapor in the atmosphere, intensifying rainfall.

So the rising trend in the lower curve is going to represent much more water vapor added to the atmosphere than the declining top curve represents as leaving it.

More water vapor from rising temperatures will further increase the temperature rise.

This argument hinges on the contention that more water vapor means greater density of water droplets in the active rising updraft of the storm clouds.

So as more CO2 gets pumped into the atmosphere the temperature rises, which causes more water to evaporate (as you accurately state), increasing the concentration of water vapor in the atmosphere — which heats the atmosphere even more, causing even more water vapor to enter the atmosphere.

16 (DBB) If more water vapor leads to more precipitation then water vapor will act as a negative feedback on rising global temperature.

This additional rise in temperature will result in still more water vapor which will raise the temperature still more, but by a smaller amount.

This means that every 2 degree potential rise in temperature of the surface layer causes an 8 fold rise in the amount of water vapor release hence buckets more clouds and massive albedo reflection keeping the temperature from riding.

Because the new precise observations agree with existing assessments of water vapor's impact, researchers are more confident than ever in model predictions that Earth's leading greenhouse gas will contribute to a temperature rise of a few degrees by the end of the century.

SSTs have risen by 0.5 — 0.6 °C since the 1950s, and over the oceans this has led to 4 % more water vapor in the atmosphere since the 1970s (Trenberth et al. 2007).

Dan Pangborn: The still - rising water vapor (WV) is rising at 1.5 % per decade which is more than twice as fast as expected from water temperature increase alone (feedback, engineering definition).

That's because the entire environment in which these storms form is changing: Warmer oceans means more water vapor is available to fuel the storms» intensification, and rising sea levels mean more coastline will be inundated when they hit.

A rising planetary temperature sets in motion all sorts of secondary effects that can boost the temperature even higher — effects like melting Arctic sea ice, rising levels of heat - trapping water vapor in the atmosphere, and... Read More

If it is true that a temperature rise will cause more water vapor, which will cause more temperature rise, and more water vapor yet again, one would expect temperatures to continue to rise after 1998, and result in a run - away effect.

Water vapor is an even more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide and this caused temperatures to rise even more.

However, a vicious cycle exists with water vapor, in which as more CO2 is emitted into the atmosphere and the Earth's temperature rises, more water evaporates into the Earth's atmosphere, which increases the temperature of the planet.

As the temperature of the air rises, it can hold more water vapor.

When temperatures rise there may be more water vapor evaporated into the Atmosphere and that may result in more clouds and, if clouds have a net cooling effect (as I think they do) that may reduce the rate of incoming shortwave radiation and thus reduce incoming energy rates such that the temperatures will not rise as high.

It's kind of like considering water vapor as a gas expanding into more space that it is given when it is warmer because the condensation level rises higher.

-- Solar Irradiance changes (let's say about 2 % and more)-- Now, world heats up temperature rises, ocean releases CO2 and water vapor as it warms (even with lag)-- Temperature rise even father, CO2 and water vapour are released until a natural balance limit is reached (otherwise you could «over-satisfy» the athmosphere)

In light of trends showing a likely 3 °C or more global temperature rise by the end of this century (a figure that could become much higher if all feedback processes, such as changes of sea ice and water vapor, are taken into account) that could result in sea level rises ranging from 20 to 59 cm (again a conservative estimation), Hansen believes it is critical for scientists in the field to speak out about the consequences and rebuke the spin offered by pundits who «have denigrated suggestions that business - as - usual greenhouse gas emissions may cause a sea level rise of the order of meters.»

For example, the air holds more water vapor as temperature rises, which is a positive feedback magnifying the climate response, because water vapor is a greenhouse gas.

As the temperature rises, more water vapor enters the atmosphere and multiplies CO2's greenhouse effect; the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change notes that water vapor may «approximately double the increase in the greenhouse effect due to the added CO2 alone.»

First, warm air holds more water vapor than cold air — and the rising air temperatures since the 1970s have caused the atmospheric water vapor content to rise as well.

That's because for every 1 °F rise in temperature, the atmosphere can hold 4 percent more water vapor.