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[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world -3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I've yet to have anyone adequately explain how it's not going to rain in the future...

Cooling plants can use runoff water, salt water.... As long as we keep from polluting the fresh water too much it'll continue to be there.

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago

... Do you think it rains enough for everyone to have drinking water now?

Secondly, air pollution can render rain unhealthy to drink. Aggressive environmental regulation, the type that people are currently staunchly trying to remove, are what made it so everyone stopped talking about acid rain.

Thirdly, climate change alters the growth of plants. The growth of plants mediates soil conditions, and soil conditions control water evaporation, drainage, and where rain falls. For an example, consider the dust bowl.

Finally....

As long as we keep from polluting the fresh water too much it'll continue to be there.

That's exactly one of the major concerns!
We've been polluting ground water sources for a while, and there's also a phenomenon where over pumping a ground water source can shift the water table and expose it to ground pollution that it was previously not exposed to.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I’ve yet to have anyone adequately explain how it’s not going to rain in the future…

Its a pretty well covered topic if you're interested in an answer. Here's a TLDR version:

  • increase in atmospheric temperature means more water is held in the air as vapor instead of liquid water (and its not as equally distributed around the Earth then) The atmosphere holds 7% more water vapor for every degree Celsius.
  • the disruption in the water cycle from lack of snow pack to changes in global air currents means it doesn't rain nearly as often, but when it does its a monsoon. This means most of the water runs off because it can't be stored, and ground soil, baked by drought the rest of the time, doesn't absorb water either.
  • at the far extreme, look at the planet Venus. Rising atmospheric temperatures boiled all water away to steam. So, yes, there is water on Venus, but not liquid or solid.

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[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 0 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

An increase in temperature also increases the evaporation rate of water. rain storms will be more intense, but just because the atmosphere holds more water doesn't mean it won't also be releasing more water.

Venus isn't at all comparable to Earth.... That's a literal crazy comparison. If Earth received 30% more solar radiation, didn't have ocean heat sinks (I most worry about global warming because of the cccd rising, not about "where are we going to get water from", between using fossil fuels for combustion to make energy, and the elimination of calcium carbonate life forms in the ocean, we're going to asphyxiate long before we dehydrate, or over hydrate, or whatever we're worried about from the water)

More extreme water patterns doesn't mean less drinking water.

Less ocean bio activity means less breathable air.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Venus isn’t at all comparable to Earth… That’s a literal crazy comparison.

Some people are only able to identify the differences using hyperbole. I specifcally called out Venus as an extreme example to highlight the difference in atmospheric conditions. I did not suggest the Earth would become Venus.

but just because the atmosphere holds more water doesn’t mean it won’t also be releasing more water.

I addressed this directly.

More extreme water patterns doesn’t mean less drinking water.

Except it does. Yes, the water will be released, but not in the same geographic places and the other conditions created by climate change will mean when it rains far less of that fresh water will be usable or capturable.