[cogitator]

A very interesting result, with major implications. It augurs well for substantial improvements in climate model predictions.

[cogitator]

I think you'll find this interesting.

[jonno]

GW Bump

[Plutarch]

"The increases in water vapor with warmer temperatures are not large enough to maintain a constant relative humidity," Minschwaner said. These new findings will be useful for testing and improving global climate models.

Well, thats the last grant he's ever going to get.

[Gothmog]

This is just another of Bush's lies! Bush has been pushing 'junk science'! Oh wait, the enviro-nuts were actually wrong. I guess they'll be apologizing now.

[JasonC]

It is one of the main power sources they hoped for, and this shows it's size is bounded above. The article does not, however, provide any of the numbers - a distinct drawback. Somehow if the result were 95% of what is needed to maintain relative humidity - i.e. keep a large positive feedback - I think they'd have mentioned it. More likely, the available power is an order of magnitude smaller than direct greenhouse effect. The 5C scare predictions have no power budget and every time they try to allege one, it falls apart.

[satchmodog9]

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS. GLOBAL COOLING IS COMING BACK. WE HAVE COME FULL CIRCLE.

[Moonman62]

In response to human emissions of greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide, the Earth warms, more water evaporates from the ocean, and the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere increases.

What about warming due to increases in solar radiation, or can they safely discard that due to political considerations?

[gatex]

bump for later.