What changes might occur in the global hydrological cycle and the global carbon cycle if the atmosphere experienced significant warming?

Answer 1

Nobody knows for sure.Many Global Warming Activists claim that if it gets hotter it will also get dryer, leading to deserts forming all over the world. However it is known that the Earth has been cooling steadily over the last 60 million years and until 'recently' the whole world was coverd in rainforest. So it was hotter AND wetter.

When the climate got cooler it got dryer, leading to desertification and the reduction of rainforests to the tropics.

Of course is you have rainforest everywhere then that will effect the amount of carbon dioxide in the air. More carbon will be stored as trees and fossil fuels.

Interestingly this cooling lead to the formation of the African Savannah. It is thought that with fewer trees some apes chose to spend more time on the ground and subsequently evolved into humans.

Answer 2

condensation: water vapour can condense to form liquid water droplets and precipitation.

sublimation: ice and snow can sublimate directly into the atmosphere.

evaporation: liquid water can evaporate from bodies of water or transpire from plants.

melting: ice becomes liquid water, this allows water to reenter the hydrological cycle.

Answer 3

If the climate becomes too warm, that could lead to an increase in the melting of the polar ice caps. This would make the hydrologic cycle increase for water, and make a lot of rain and evaporation. An increase in cooling would lead to the slower hydrologic cycle of the water, as it would stay frozen for longer periods.

Answer 4

Heated water shall become gas and fume the earth so as more gas is created brings more pressure to the air. the temperature of the water also pertains to the change in the water cycle since heat rises the heat coming from the center of earth and passes through its many crevices underneath ocean floors as more heat rises to cooler water, it will change the flow for when two different temperatures clash, so shall a shock to its cycle.

Answer 5

What changes might occur in the hydrological cycle were the climate is to warm or cool?

Answer 6

heat could be considered as one because, when it gets hot, the water evaporates