Latest environmental catastrophe: The earth is getting greener. Oh no! We're all doomed?

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[–]ActuallyNot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (24 children)

Water vapor is a powerful greenhouse gas.

As the atmosphere warms, evapotranspiration increases, and the maximum absolute humidity increases, so the average proportion of water in the atmosphere increases, which increases the greenhouse effect.

This is the mechanism by which it is an important positive feedback.

I presume from your response that your claim that "models that are not programmed with feedback modes extant in nature, consistently predict greater than observed warming" is the wrong way around?

I'm pretty sure that it would underestimate warming. Not that it matters, since every model would account for feedbacks.

[–]Questionable 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (16 children)

Water vapor is a powerful greenhouse gas.

You mean clouds? You are a buffoon, and clearly unworthy of your clown shoes. Take them off now!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmb-kCcDLxQ

[–]ActuallyNot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

You mean clouds?

No, I mean water vapor.

Most people would have been tipped off when I said "water vapor" and not "clouds".

You are a buffoon

Oh, the irony!

[–]Questionable 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

"""Water vapor is a powerful greenhouse gas""".

This is fucking retarded.

[–]ActuallyNot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Is it retarded that it absorbs pretty much all the infra-red with a wavelength longer than 20 microns?

https://saidit.net/s/environment/comments/c9zz/latest_environmental_catastrophe_the_earth_is/15g4e

Or it's the retarded bit that that's more of the earth's radiation not making it to space than any other atmospheric gas?

What other true things do you think are "fucking retarded"?

[–]Questionable 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Yes. It's retarded that you are now attributing clouds and fog to global warming. And don't understand that the phase shift in matter causes a cooling effect, while reflecting light out into space.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ6wSei-NJU&t=60s

[–]ActuallyNot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Quick set up a quicker straw straw man!

People might not notice!

I'm attributing the mean increase in water vapor to global warming.

Water vapor is a powerful greenhouse gas.

Which part of that is "fucking retarded"?

That it's a greenhouse or that it's powerful, because it's both.

[–]Questionable 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Everything. You have no thinking skills. only indexing abilities. As your premise is irrelevant as the sky being blue, or the grass being green.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaporation

Evaporation is a type of vaporization that occurs on the surface of a liquid as it changes into the gas phase.[1]

And yet, you still couldn't simply look up the definition of the word.

This has been sad.

[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Everything. You have no thinking skills. only indexing abilities.

Quick. Try to do insults! People might not notice they you're calling facts "retarded"!

As your premise is irrelevant as the sky being blue, or the grass being green.

Quick! Pretend I'm basing the fact that water vapor is a strong greenhouse gas on some premise!

Maybe some people aren't following the conversation, and might assume you're making a point!

Evaporation is a type of vaporization that occurs on the surface of a liquid as it changes into the gas phase.

Quick! Find some true and irrelevant quote from Wikipedia! People might wonder what you're on, and forget that you're calling facts "fucking retarded".

And yet, you still couldn't simply look up the definition of the word.

Brilliant! Further demonstrate the arrogance of your ignorance, by insulting everyone for not looking up your irrelevant term!

That should work. There's probably someone here who won't recognise how fucking retarded your comments here are!

Whew!

[–]iamonlyoneman[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

To be shamed, by someone with such a username no less!

gg fr I'm gonna try and remember callign someone unworthy of clown shoes

[–]ActuallyNot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Learn about the phases of matter first. Or it's even funnier.

[–]iamonlyoneman[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

what's really funny is low-effort dunks on leftoids who think they are smart.

[–]ActuallyNot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Yeah! What with all their book-learning, and knowing what a liquid and gas are!

An elementary school education is so low effort!

Joking aside, it is. You should look at going back and getting one.

[–]iamonlyoneman[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

k

[–]ActuallyNot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Yeah. "Ice". As a weather phenomenon it has as crystal structure called snow.

Ice and snow have a positive feedback too.

But we're can go in to that later. Just grasping the liquid/has thing is going to be more than enough learning for you.

Anyone else reading who already knew about the gas phase of water may be ready to learn that water vapor feedback is strongly positive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_feedbacks#Water_vapor_feedback

Cloud feedback is much more intricate, causing both positive and negative feedback depending on the height, the color, and the time of day of the cloud.

[–]iamonlyoneman[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

mmmmhmmm

[–]ActuallyNot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I know it's a lot to grasp for someone who thought clouds were water vapor.

Your take-homes shoulder be:

1) Water vapor feedback is positive, because water vapor is a strong greenhouse gas.
2) Global warming isn't that hard to understand. Relying on claims about phases of matter that you don't understand isn't going to work.
3) Climate science deniers are hilariously stupid.

[–]iamonlyoneman[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

comrade, are you aware that when water vapor increases, it shades the planet automatically, and also reflects heat into space?

it'll really blow your mind when you learn what happens during an afternoon tropical rainstorm LMAO

[–]ActuallyNot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

comrade, are you aware that when water vapor increases, it shades the planet automatically, and also reflects heat into space?

No, clouds are liquid water, in small droplets. Water vapor is the gas phase. It doesn't shade, and it doesn't reflect sunlight into space.

It stops some of the earth's heat from radiating into space though.

It's really going to blow your mind when you find out water has a solid phase too.

[–]iamonlyoneman[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

k

[–]Questionable 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

"No, clouds are liquid water, in small droplets. Water vapor is the gas phase."

He's gone full retard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAKG-kbKeIo

[–]iamonlyoneman[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

With environentalist whackos, there are many such cases!

[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Incorrect. Water vapor is tiny droplets of water suspended in the air. Water in the form of gas is steam.

[–]ActuallyNot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oh ffs. If you don't know, why didn't you google first?

Water vapor is tiny droplets of water suspended in the air.

Absolutely wrong.

100% wrong.

Not even partly right.

Droplets, even tiny ones, are liquid phase water.

Water vapor is gas phase water: Water vapor, water vapour or aqueous vapor is the gaseous phase of water

Water in the form of gas is steam.

Also nope.

Steam isn't a scientifically defined term, but usually means water vapor caused by boiling water, and in common usage includes liquid water droplets in the air coming off boiling water, as well as the water vapor.

Which is rare naturally on earth. You need a fire or geothermal energy.