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	<title>Comments on: Quickening Water Cycle, Risat-1 Launches, and More</title>
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		<title>By: Mark C</title>
		<link>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2012/04/27/quickening-water-cycle-risat-1-launches-and-more/#comment-10779</link>
		<dc:creator>Mark C</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 22:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[oops! I meant to edit to read; &quot;... will accelerate the hydrologic cycle!&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>oops! I meant to edit to read; &#8220;&#8230; will accelerate the hydrologic cycle!&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Mark C</title>
		<link>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2012/04/27/quickening-water-cycle-risat-1-launches-and-more/#comment-10778</link>
		<dc:creator>Mark C</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 22:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Shelley, Clearly, increasing temperatures will not accelerate the hydrologic cycle -- but your argument that &quot;climate has always changed&quot; is spurious.  If it were to change much faster than we could cope, would we be unhappy?  Yes, we would!  Is there any evidence that we are warming the planet faster than it otherwise would, via our greenhouse gas and particulate emissions? Yes, plenty! We know we havea problem from examining the paleoclimate record, as well as from physics and models. We really do not want to push the planet out of the Holocene range (that&#039;s already pretty variable) artificially. Try googling A23A and click on the first link; Dr. Richard Alley will walk you through why the paleoclimate record provides little comfort. -- Best, Mark]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Shelley, Clearly, increasing temperatures will not accelerate the hydrologic cycle &#8212; but your argument that &#8220;climate has always changed&#8221; is spurious.  If it were to change much faster than we could cope, would we be unhappy?  Yes, we would!  Is there any evidence that we are warming the planet faster than it otherwise would, via our greenhouse gas and particulate emissions? Yes, plenty! We know we havea problem from examining the paleoclimate record, as well as from physics and models. We really do not want to push the planet out of the Holocene range (that&#8217;s already pretty variable) artificially. Try googling A23A and click on the first link; Dr. Richard Alley will walk you through why the paleoclimate record provides little comfort. &#8212; Best, Mark</p>
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		<title>By: Shelley</title>
		<link>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2012/04/27/quickening-water-cycle-risat-1-launches-and-more/#comment-10777</link>
		<dc:creator>Shelley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 12:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is very difficult when people calling themselves scientists blurt out scientific &quot;findings&quot; before they can be independently confirmed because non-science people tend to believe the first thing they hear.  Earth has warmed and cooled significantly over the past 400,000 years just as the amount of &quot;greenhouse&quot; gases in the air has changed dramatically.  This tells us that it is normal for temperatures to change and vary by large amounts over geologically very short periods of time (hundred years or so).  These myths that Earth has a stable temperature range and &quot;normal&quot; &quot;greenhouse&quot; gas levels are worse than myths, they are often lies told for political and finanical gain.

Basic chemistry can prove that as fresh/salt water temperature rises, more water molecules will gain enough energy to evaporate.  In the case of sea water, this is altered by salt concentrations so as salt concentrations go up, evaporation will go down.  Air has a saturation point where it cannot accept more water. The oceans are only one part of the water cycle. The referenced article leaves out many important factors.  It is far too early and far too little is known to deduce what is happening with the water cycle, which is a far too simplistic model to begin with.

Without any doubt, the Earth&#039;s climate is changing just as it has for the past several billion years, just as it will keep doing for the next several billion years.  The only thing we can do is focus on how we will adapt to those changes.  Our physical destruction the planet is another discussion all together along with Mother Earth&#039;s self healing mechanisms.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is very difficult when people calling themselves scientists blurt out scientific &#8220;findings&#8221; before they can be independently confirmed because non-science people tend to believe the first thing they hear.  Earth has warmed and cooled significantly over the past 400,000 years just as the amount of &#8220;greenhouse&#8221; gases in the air has changed dramatically.  This tells us that it is normal for temperatures to change and vary by large amounts over geologically very short periods of time (hundred years or so).  These myths that Earth has a stable temperature range and &#8220;normal&#8221; &#8220;greenhouse&#8221; gas levels are worse than myths, they are often lies told for political and finanical gain.</p>
<p>Basic chemistry can prove that as fresh/salt water temperature rises, more water molecules will gain enough energy to evaporate.  In the case of sea water, this is altered by salt concentrations so as salt concentrations go up, evaporation will go down.  Air has a saturation point where it cannot accept more water. The oceans are only one part of the water cycle. The referenced article leaves out many important factors.  It is far too early and far too little is known to deduce what is happening with the water cycle, which is a far too simplistic model to begin with.</p>
<p>Without any doubt, the Earth&#8217;s climate is changing just as it has for the past several billion years, just as it will keep doing for the next several billion years.  The only thing we can do is focus on how we will adapt to those changes.  Our physical destruction the planet is another discussion all together along with Mother Earth&#8217;s self healing mechanisms.</p>
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		<title>By: Rhonda</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rhonda</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 05:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the most amazing collection of data.This is just mind blowing,Thank you so much for allowing me to view.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is the most amazing collection of data.This is just mind blowing,Thank you so much for allowing me to view.</p>
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		<title>By: Paul</title>
		<link>http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2012/04/27/quickening-water-cycle-risat-1-launches-and-more/#comment-10768</link>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 07:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe global warming is exacerbating severe weather and ice melts due to temperature changes. Thank you.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I believe global warming is exacerbating severe weather and ice melts due to temperature changes. Thank you.</p>
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		<title>By: John</title>
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		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 01:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[thank for article. :)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>thank for article. <img src='http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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