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		Consultant32452 on Nov 13, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Panama Canal is so congested that one ship owner p... Would increasing global ocean and air temperatures lead to more water evaporating and a net increase in total rainfall of fresh water across the globe, even if it might also result in changes to where the rain falls?

4death4 on Nov 13, 2023 | [–]

It could, or it could lead to more water being held in the air and this less rainfall.

vkou on Nov 13, 2023 | [–]

Temperature increases can indeed have that effect.

Sea level rise, in itself, would not.

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