The amount of moisture in the air planet-wide stays pretty constant; what is evaporated in one part, falls as rain in another.
There is no point about how much water actually flows to the sea. Again the water on land stay pretty constant. This is demonstrated by heavy rainfall causing temporary flooding which dissipates in a few days. The water never remains at a higher level; it always falls back to equilibrium. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gérard Lochon" <[email protected]> To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 1:01 AM Subject: Re: [OT] Island succumbs to rising oceans > However, he makes a good point, how much of the melt actually goes to the > sea and how much remains in lakes And we must also consider the evaporation cycle on land (and over the sea, which also decrease the desalinization). If temperature grows, evaporation too ... Gérard. [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/fede23c001474147aea04758f2ba0...@dual ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
