Topic: Climate Change - The Unreported Story?

[Sandra]

Water vapour is a greater problem as far as greenhouse gasses go but I dont think they can tax us on that. The warmer it gets then the higher the percentage of water that can exist in the atmosphere, up to a maximum of around 4% in the tropics.

[sam]

Water vapour is a greater problem as far as greenhouse gasses go but I dont think they can tax us on that. The warmer it gets then the higher the percentage of water that can exist in the atmosphere, up to a maximum of around 4% in the tropics.

That's not quite true - eventually it leaves the atmosphere.

[Sandra]

Not all of it, apart from the very arid areas of the planet. Anywhere that there is any humidity at all then there is water vapour.

[sam]

you don't have to tell a physicist that.

I meant eventually as in a few millions years... before I was a radio astronomer I was a planetary atmosphere/solar wind interaction simulator. In the case of Mars for example its lack of magnetic field caused the atmosphere to be blown off much quicker. 

[GillE]

Sam, you don't need to couch such a personal problem in scientific terms.  Just admit that you used to eat baked beans with everything but nobody would let you into such a confined area as an observatory.  Since you changed your diet, your career has flourished (although the Brits did banish you to Canada so that you could prove you are a reformed character).

 

[sam]

 

I think all of us astronomers get banished at some point to go prove ourselves.. then we are allowed back to work at British Universities.

Most of the observatories I visit are fairly large, though you never wanted to go to the Wast Hills one after you had a curry..... especially with me. I've cleared the place in 10 seconds before. 




... little do they still know I eat baked beans, muhahaha.