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Does Le Chateliar's Principle apply to global warming.?
Global warming would increase the water vapour in the atmosphere, and hence cloud cover, which would increase the reflectivity of sun light into the atmosphere.
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Increased cloud cover cools the world because a larger percentage of the suns output is reflected back into space and so does not warm the planet except very moderately. The planet warms the most on clear cloud free days when the planet is able to directly absorb the suns heat.
Some scientific information revealing the truth about global warming, when it happened and what probably caused it. And as well how many years, centuries or millennia it might be before the world warms up again from the coming ice age.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:0Master_Past_200...
http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/global_warming.h...
http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/greenhouse_data....
http://reasonmclucus.tripod.com/CO2myth.html
http://mc-computing.com/qs/Global_Warming/Atmosphe...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_variation
Where the heat came from and why it was abnormally cold previously
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~dbunny/research/global/215....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cycle
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Of course. The trouble is is that it is happening with all the parameters that effect climate, not just vapor/clouds.
Clouds themselves are complicated. At night they trap heat. During the day they reflect light out into space. They consolidate the energy in the atmosphere in the form of storms.
The equilibrium point is being forced by many "pushers" that are in turn pushing on each other in ways that we aren't close to understanding.
- DavidLv 71 decade ago
More water vapor is expected to be present, but this doesn't just mean more clouds. Water vapor itself is a greenhouse effect and so having more of it present means we can expect more warming.
Also, clouds are complicated; there are many different kinds. Some of them contribute to cooling, some of them may contribute to warming.
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
http://www.chemguide.co.uk/physical/equilibria/lec...
read the above about Le Chateliar's Principle and maybe you can send them email and ask.