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Evaporation in the atmosphere is a crucial step in the water cycle. Water on Earth's surface will evaporate into the atmosphere as energy is absorbed by liquid water. Water molecules that exist in the liquid phase are free-flowing and in no particular fixed position. Once energy is added to water by heat from the sun, the bonds between the water molecules gain kinetic energy, or energy in motion. Once the gas, called water vapor or humidity, reaches the atmosphere, various types of clouds can form.
Evaporation - Evaporation Definition - Water Cycle
Once that water vapor is in the air and the vapor cools, it comes back down to earth as "rain". That stuff you need umbrellas for. If the temperature is too cold, it comes down as "snow".
Years ago, on the USMB I explained that same exact thing and one USMB member told me they weren't interested in "wild liberal theories".
To right wingers, if there is suddenly so much snow, then they believe the earth is getting colder. But think about the boiling water. Heat the water and where does it go? You can watch it turn to steam until eventually, it's gone. We can do that on our stove so we know it's true.
Do that in a small room, and the atmosphere becomes very moist. We call that a "steam room" and they are always "hot". Suddenly freeze that water in the atmosphere and it will turn to snow. Even in that small room.
But there has to be a lot of moisture in the air to make a lot of snow. And that means that somewhere, a lot of water was "heated up" which produced massive amounts of humidity. See? To get massive amounts of either rain or snow, you need massive amounts of humidity. Do you understand how that works? To get massive amounts of humidity, you need massive amounts of "warming". Is it clear? Do you see how it's all connected?
Evaporation - Evaporation Definition - Water Cycle
Once that water vapor is in the air and the vapor cools, it comes back down to earth as "rain". That stuff you need umbrellas for. If the temperature is too cold, it comes down as "snow".
Years ago, on the USMB I explained that same exact thing and one USMB member told me they weren't interested in "wild liberal theories".
To right wingers, if there is suddenly so much snow, then they believe the earth is getting colder. But think about the boiling water. Heat the water and where does it go? You can watch it turn to steam until eventually, it's gone. We can do that on our stove so we know it's true.
Do that in a small room, and the atmosphere becomes very moist. We call that a "steam room" and they are always "hot". Suddenly freeze that water in the atmosphere and it will turn to snow. Even in that small room.
But there has to be a lot of moisture in the air to make a lot of snow. And that means that somewhere, a lot of water was "heated up" which produced massive amounts of humidity. See? To get massive amounts of either rain or snow, you need massive amounts of humidity. Do you understand how that works? To get massive amounts of humidity, you need massive amounts of "warming". Is it clear? Do you see how it's all connected?