Latest research by NOAA is clearly revealing that there are Rivers in the atmosphere in numbers and sizes, much like the rivers on land masses.
Rivers in the sky
Rivers, whether in the sky or on a land ground mass, produce the same results:
- they cause floods
- they physically change their location over time
- the flow in them varies
- they contain safe drinking water (aka freshwater)
Differences between these rivers are significant:
- We cannot pollute rivers in the sky
- We don't currently know how to dam the rivers in the sky, but are learning how to extract freshwater from the sky rivers on a piecemeal basis.
- Rivers on ground hold, carry and deliver liquid water, while rivers in the atmosphere transport water vapor.
Global Rivers in the Air
Air currents flow, generally speaking, on very standard and predictable paths.
The questions of our day: How can we extract the water vapor that the rivers in the air carry everywhere and hold in some places while discharging in others? Can we make the water laden atmosphere for our local water needs everywhere, what the wireless Internet has become for global communications?
Now, that's a goal worthy of us, in this 21st century!
Rivers in the sky
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| River that caused Flooding on 16 Feb, 2004 Source - noaanews.noaa.gov |
- they cause floods
- they physically change their location over time
- the flow in them varies
- they contain safe drinking water (aka freshwater)
Differences between these rivers are significant:
- We cannot pollute rivers in the sky
- We don't currently know how to dam the rivers in the sky, but are learning how to extract freshwater from the sky rivers on a piecemeal basis.
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| River causing flood in UK in 2009 Source - newscientist.com |
Global Rivers in the Air
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| Two Major Flows of Water Vapor in the Air Source - baynature.org |
The questions of our day: How can we extract the water vapor that the rivers in the air carry everywhere and hold in some places while discharging in others? Can we make the water laden atmosphere for our local water needs everywhere, what the wireless Internet has become for global communications?
Now, that's a goal worthy of us, in this 21st century!
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