If the ice caps melt, that will leave more surface area covered in water which will evaporate faster because of the increased temperatures. the evaporation will form into clouds which will block the sunlight from getting through, thus lowering the air temperature, and causing the moisture to fall as snow, cooling the surface even more so that the surface water will freeze and reflect too much sunlight back into space causing the temperatures to plunge. Am I right in this supposition?
2007-06-23 12:12:00 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment ➔ Global Warming
"Once our planet heats up to the saturation point that no more water can evaporate, immense cloud cover will reflect virtually all solar heating back into outer space. The cloud insulated Earth will use up it's ground and ocean warmth - sustaining the cloud cover even when the air temperature becomes cooler. Cool air over warm water also creates more steam, evaporation and cloud cover. This is the mechanics of global warming leading to an ice age that abruptly follows.
Right before and during an ice age, planet Earth is not a 'big blue marble in space', but a big white marble in space."
2007-06-23 14:14:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. As the temperature rises, the evaporation rate will increase. The increased water vapor will in turn lead to even more heat. It will stabilize eventually.
There is a chance that the melting of the poles will cause disruptions in the Thermohaline circulation, of which the Gulf stream is a part. This circulation is what transports heat from the equator to the poles in a 'conveyer belt' equalizing the climate. The driving force is when the warm water from the equator cools as it reaches the poles. It sinks because of increased density as it cools. This sinking is the driving force. If the melting water from the poles is released quickley enough it could lead to a disruption in the sinking by acting as a lid (the melt water has lower density then the salt water of the oceans), blocking this vital part. A a result the poles would cool rapidly and glaciers would build. The increased ice surface would reflect back more sunlight to space, amplifying the effect. Most scientists does not think this is likely to happen but this is a scenario where it is possible that global warming leads to an ice age.
Steve C: The ice caps on Mars are not melting, check your references. One ice cap, the one facing the sun, is melting the other is increasing in size.
2007-06-23 12:20:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anders 4 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Not quite.
Clouds have a complex effect on temperature. High clouds do cause cooling, but low clouds cause warming. You can see that by how much warmer cloudy nights are than clear ones. All in all it's probably of little effect one way or the other.
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/10/09/clouds.warming.enn/index.html
Increased moisture in a warming world will mostly fall as rain.
There may well be a later ice age (possibly thousands of years from now), but it most likely won't be triggered by global warming.
2007-06-23 13:14:33 · answer #3 · answered by Bob 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-03 00:48:42 · answer #4 · answered by raffone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree...the historical data, so for unrefuted even by the GW's most rabid devotees, says our warmth is very limited and we will slide into another long, long, and very deep ice age, many degrees colder than now. Lasting 90,000 years.
So far, the GW folks are not even trying to correct that...just don't want us to get too hot and maybe not slide down quite as fast!! Or even prepare shelters, etc. for humanity good for 90,000 years of ice covering the earth!
I guess they are still in shock over 50 years (+/-) ago when their proposals when implemented sent us onto a downward slope!!
You are thinking, and that is good. Those who blindly and unthinkingly follow a charismatic leader ("CONSENSUS?) usually wind up in a deep deep mess!
I think you will find that GW is taking on aspects of a religion, with an infallible "book" and a charismatic Prophet! And you had better not disagree or trespass on the laws!!! Inquisitions are not that far back in history!
2007-06-23 13:55:42 · answer #5 · answered by looey323 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Anders is correct. Water vapor is actually the largest contributor to the greenhouse effect, accounting for 36-90%. Atmospheric water vapor concentrations are dependent on the temperature of the atmosphere. As the Earth gets warmer, the atmosphere can hold more water vapor, and thus it will amplify global warming further.
2007-06-23 12:35:34 · answer #6 · answered by Dana1981 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I think Global Warming is a myth fueled by the Media.
There are studies performed by very qualified organizations all over the world - they will back up any opinion that gets them the most funding.
Some say the seas are rising and predict Florida will be underwater in 50 years. Other studies show that there are some areas of the world where the seas have receeded!!
Some say the ice caps are melting well there is some proof of melting - Mt Kilimanjaro has lost it's ice over the last 30 years or so. But global temperatures are not rising. The melting of glacia is normal. Where some areas are losing ice, others are gaining it.
What sells new papers? Sensational news thats what. Would you be more intrigued to read about a global catastrophy on the horizon or the fact that global temperatures have, in fact, remained pretty much stable overall since records were kept?
You can read reports from both sides on the web. Respectible sources on both sides bring arguments - but it looks like more and more 'stable' sources are siding with the view that global warming is a bunch of bull.
2007-06-23 12:24:07 · answer #7 · answered by Ian F 3 · 2⤊ 7⤋
According to most graphs I've seen, this is a 100,000 cycle caused by excess solar heating. If that pattern holds true, another ice age is next. It might actually start this process during our lifetime, as the heating is getting more severe. The Martian ice caps are also melting, which would confirm this theory. We can only hope our excess CO2 greenhouse gas can help up survive the next cold spell coming. According the graph, the cold should come very quickly and severely.
2007-06-23 12:15:05 · answer #8 · answered by Steve C 7 · 4⤊ 4⤋
No, water is a greenhouse gas too, and the net effect of increased water concetration in the atmosphere is warming.
2007-06-24 02:13:59 · answer #9 · answered by PD 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe
,but first we will cook than we get frozen and we will be tv dinners for the giant cockroaches that will take over the Earth
2007-06-23 13:48:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋