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Now, after the water is in the air, and it collects heat (because water collects a lot of heat because it is an IR absorber), wouldn't that water rise into the upper atmosphere and form clouds?
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I wrote out a massive reply answering this (it's not a simple yes/no answer), and then the power cut out. Bottom line is that higher temperature does indeed increase the total water content of air, which
can increase cloud, but it depends a great deal on how different elements interact. But let's assume I agree that cloud cover increases overall, which is reasonable. As for your subsequent post:
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So, a warmer planet equals a wetter atmosphere which equals more clouds cancelling the effect.
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Dumb question:
1. Why was the earth once significantly hotter (many millions of years ago), if what you say is true?
2. How did we ever get out of ice ages if the cloud feedback cancels out any heating?
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RAIN TAKES CO2 OUT OF THE AIR. A WARMER WETTER PLANET HAS MORE PRECIPITATION AND REMOVES THE CO2.
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Please explain this graph:
Monthly CO2 trends at the Hawaii weather station
http://www.ec.gc.ca/soer-ree/English/Ind...Print=true&
