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To: Brumar89 who wrote (50732)	5/5/2014 1:31:08 PM
From: Eric	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86355

If the water vapor in the atmosphere keeps increasing without leaving the atmosphere as precipitation, will the sea levels fall? Nope Not with net ice sheet loss on the planet. It's becoming liquid water adding to sea level rise.. Eric

To: Brumar89 who wrote (50732)	5/5/2014 1:42:59 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 86355

If there was a 17 year flat trend, '05 and '10 wouldn't be the hottest. The Clausius–Clapeyron relation shows how the water-holding capacity of the atmosphere increases by about 8% per Celsius increase in temperature. en.wikipedia.org We've gone up 0.8 degrees C. 6.4% more water. "If the water vapor in the atmosphere keeps increasing without leaving the atmosphere as precipitation" Pensicolons wouldn't have been impacted like this.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (50732)	5/5/2014 1:50:13 PM
From: FJB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86355

RE:17 yr flat trend in global temperatures will end later this year I think it has gone from flat to down. We are entering a mini ice age...

To: Brumar89 who wrote (50732)	5/5/2014 2:12:48 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 86355

"If the water vapor in the atmosphere keeps increasing without leaving the atmosphere as precipitation, will the sea levels fall?" There is an element of truth to that, until the floods recede. August 19, 2013 BOULDER—When enough raindrops fall over land instead of the ocean, they begin to add up. New research led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) shows that when three atmospheric patterns came together over the Indian and Pacific oceans, they drove so much precipitation over Australia in 2010 and 2011 that the world’s ocean levels dropped measurably. Unlike other continents, the soils and topography of Australia prevent almost all of its precipitation from running off into the ocean. The 2010-11 event temporarily halted a long-term trend of rising sea levels caused by higher temperatures and melting ice sheets. Now that the atmospheric patterns have snapped back and more rain is falling over tropical oceans, the seas are rising again. In fact, with Australia in a major drought, they are rising faster than before. www2.ucar.edu