It is alleged that Global warming would make sea level to rise. The warmer will be the globe the more would be rate of evaporation and air's capacity to hold vapor as cloud. Would not that help to lower the level of water, or at least, keep the level constant ?
2006-07-31 07:06:47 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
The entire atmosphere will absorb more water because it will be warmer, not just the clouds. Most of the world's water is already in the ocean, not on the polar ice caps.
However, due to thermal expansion of the ocean, and the fact that it is believed that more water will melt out of the ice caps than be absorbed into the atmosphere, it is believed that the net effect will be a rise in sea level.
The current thinking is about 3 feet of sea level increase, with some of the outer predictions at about 20 feet. The 40 foot predictions are old and no longer believed to be likely.
2006-07-31 07:18:36 · answer #1 · answered by Steve W 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Evidently you do not follow the science in this area, or you would know the answer. If you are one of those who prefer to deny scientific evidence, don't read any further.
Immediately after 9/11 (destruction of the WTC towers in New York City), most commercial flights were grounded. Some scientists realized this was a great opportunity to see what effect the jet contrails had on the Earth. To their surprise, the average global temperature increased. The contrails had been artificailly lowering the Earth's temperature while the co2 increase was elevating it.
We have now passed the point at which cloud cover, artificial or natural, is going to make much difference. Once the Gulf Stream changes, which it will in a matter of months to a year, the warming effects will be both ineluctable and obvious even to Bush and the corporate protectors in both parties in the US. Too late!
2006-07-31 14:22:02 · answer #2 · answered by thylawyer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Global warming will cause the glaciers in both poles to melt... adding more fresh water to the oceans. I've heard that if both poles were to melt significantly, the sea level could be raised by about 40 feet.
2006-07-31 14:09:16 · answer #3 · answered by Sahara 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The majority of Earth's water is frozen at the poles. As that melts, it will raise the water level much more quickly and to a higher level than fog/mist/clouds will regulate.
2006-07-31 14:09:26 · answer #4 · answered by effin drunk 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The melting polar ice is why sea level rises
2006-07-31 14:19:49 · answer #5 · answered by weatherman123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, what you say would not be significant enough to make much of a difference. This we are sure of when we look at sea levels other times. When there were no glaciers, etc they were high, and when there are, they are low.
2006-07-31 14:10:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clouds will not stop the polar ice caps from melting. Where do you think all this water will go?
2006-07-31 14:10:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The water level would rise more than the clouds' ability to absorb.
--Al Gore (I invented the internet, too)
2006-07-31 14:09:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋