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by konschubert 1807 days ago
The amount of water in the atmosphere is probably independent of how much water vapour we emit.
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Outside the microscale, you’re essentially right. But water emissions have outsized effects as contrails from jets, by causing ice cloud condensation where it wouldn’t naturally occur. The heating is quite significant, as we discovered in studies of the September 11 air travel shutdown.