“Since that cooling period, there has not been sufficient atmospheric density to increase the amount of fresh water on the world, and so it has steadily diminished.”.The atmosphere isn’t dense enough to support water vapor?.Water vapor doesn’t climb the atmosphere. Water vapor is water molecules bouncing around. Some are traveling fast enough to enter interplanetary space if they didn’t bump into cooler nitrogen and oxygen molecules (along with some others). They swap energy in a friendly way. .The cooler/slower water molecules reach a point at which they condense or sublime into liquid or solid..The condensate actually DOES get too dense to stay up and precipitation falls toward the earth.(Often it resublimes into gas many times before hitting the ground.).Anyhoo, the thinner the atmosphere, the higher the water vapor goes, not that the total amount of atmosphere actually goes up and down like that.
@BrassOrchid“And what happens then? What I’m seeing is that the water vapor sufficient to cause precipitation cools and falls out rather quickly,”.They must have some strange science classes up north if they teach that too much or too little atmospheric pressure retards precipitation. Water vapor precipitates when it cools and has something on which to condense or sublime. (Sublimation goes either way.).“creating what they call tropical storms, flooding some areas and leaving others without precipitation at all. The overall atmospheric density and temperature are too low to transport any great amount of vapor any great distance.”.Atmospheric density isn’t required to transport water vapor. Water vapor moves until it cools..
“The Aquarian conveyor is broken”.Aquarian conveyor????.“Now, when the seas warm they will provide more vapor. When they provide enough vapor, the atmosphere will actually become deeper and thicker. Instead of being able to sustain only a 5% H2O vapor content, it will be possible to have much more.”.The atmosphere can’t hold more water vapor until it DOES hold more water vapor and when it does hold more water vapor, it will be able to hold more water vapor? Okay, if you say.
.“The world as we know it today will not exist in ten thousand years”.
This is probably true, but for different reasons and with possibly different results..“You can’t have significant precipitation without a dense atmosphere, which is also why you get sublimation after a snow storm that is followed by a cold snap. The moisture content of the snow is higher than the density of the colder air will allow, so it sublimes and forms frost on the first thing it touches”.Snow forms frost when it touches it?Do you even read what you write?
.“People unfamiliar with snow and ice may not have ever seen this, but it is actually quite obvious to most northerners.”.We had some snow and ice just last year and I didn’t notice any snow turning into frost. I’m not sure how I could tell the difference though..In the other world, frost forms when the ground temperature gets below the freezing point and the relative humidity at the ground reaches 100%. The ground gets below freezine when the air above it is still a bit warmer by giving off heat via radiation into the depths of space. This is why in this world, frost requires a clear sky. clouds block frost formation. Wind blocks frost formation. Snow doesn’t cause frost formation. Snow is effectively frost formed in the atmosphere.
{Hopefully the Newton named after Fig Newtons is sufficiently ridiculous to be obviously a joke.I do like the fact that Watt came up with horsepower for the English system and his name is the unit of measurement for SI, the Watt being one Joule per second, Joule being the fellow who developed the understanding of work energy being turned into thermal energy, leading to understanding of conservation of energy and development of the first law of thermodynamics.}
hariseldon59 over 9 years ago
The Tortoise and the Glacier? I don’t think Aesop wrote that one.
ron47 over 9 years ago
My first new years resolution si I’m going to stop reading the comments. Shouldn’t be hard to break
jtviper7 over 9 years ago
That sign has been there for 20 years…
ChessPirate over 9 years ago
“If you floor it, we can make it!”
Craig Lillywhite over 9 years ago
Al Gore says “RUN FOR IT!”
neverenoughgold over 9 years ago
Even the ones offering “mis-info” can be entertaining, if not interesting…
brklnbern over 9 years ago
Ha Ha.
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs over 9 years ago
“Since that cooling period, there has not been sufficient atmospheric density to increase the amount of fresh water on the world, and so it has steadily diminished.”.The atmosphere isn’t dense enough to support water vapor?.Water vapor doesn’t climb the atmosphere. Water vapor is water molecules bouncing around. Some are traveling fast enough to enter interplanetary space if they didn’t bump into cooler nitrogen and oxygen molecules (along with some others). They swap energy in a friendly way. .The cooler/slower water molecules reach a point at which they condense or sublime into liquid or solid..The condensate actually DOES get too dense to stay up and precipitation falls toward the earth.(Often it resublimes into gas many times before hitting the ground.).Anyhoo, the thinner the atmosphere, the higher the water vapor goes, not that the total amount of atmosphere actually goes up and down like that.
jtviper7 over 9 years ago
I think a couple people are doing their on line typing lessons…
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs over 9 years ago
@BrassOrchid“And what happens then? What I’m seeing is that the water vapor sufficient to cause precipitation cools and falls out rather quickly,”.They must have some strange science classes up north if they teach that too much or too little atmospheric pressure retards precipitation. Water vapor precipitates when it cools and has something on which to condense or sublime. (Sublimation goes either way.).“creating what they call tropical storms, flooding some areas and leaving others without precipitation at all. The overall atmospheric density and temperature are too low to transport any great amount of vapor any great distance.”.Atmospheric density isn’t required to transport water vapor. Water vapor moves until it cools..
“The Aquarian conveyor is broken”.Aquarian conveyor????.“Now, when the seas warm they will provide more vapor. When they provide enough vapor, the atmosphere will actually become deeper and thicker. Instead of being able to sustain only a 5% H2O vapor content, it will be possible to have much more.”.The atmosphere can’t hold more water vapor until it DOES hold more water vapor and when it does hold more water vapor, it will be able to hold more water vapor? Okay, if you say.
.“The world as we know it today will not exist in ten thousand years”.
This is probably true, but for different reasons and with possibly different results..“You can’t have significant precipitation without a dense atmosphere, which is also why you get sublimation after a snow storm that is followed by a cold snap. The moisture content of the snow is higher than the density of the colder air will allow, so it sublimes and forms frost on the first thing it touches”.Snow forms frost when it touches it?Do you even read what you write?
.“People unfamiliar with snow and ice may not have ever seen this, but it is actually quite obvious to most northerners.”.We had some snow and ice just last year and I didn’t notice any snow turning into frost. I’m not sure how I could tell the difference though..In the other world, frost forms when the ground temperature gets below the freezing point and the relative humidity at the ground reaches 100%. The ground gets below freezine when the air above it is still a bit warmer by giving off heat via radiation into the depths of space. This is why in this world, frost requires a clear sky. clouds block frost formation. Wind blocks frost formation. Snow doesn’t cause frost formation. Snow is effectively frost formed in the atmosphere.
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs over 9 years ago
{Hopefully the Newton named after Fig Newtons is sufficiently ridiculous to be obviously a joke.I do like the fact that Watt came up with horsepower for the English system and his name is the unit of measurement for SI, the Watt being one Joule per second, Joule being the fellow who developed the understanding of work energy being turned into thermal energy, leading to understanding of conservation of energy and development of the first law of thermodynamics.}