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On The Climate Brink: The Atmosphere Just Set a Water Vapor Record. Aug. 2026 probably had more water vapor in the atmosphere than any month in the last few thousand years, if not a 100,000 years. www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-atmosp...

theclimatebrink.comThe Atmosphere Just Set a Water Vapor RecordMore water vapor means more rocket fuel for extreme rain — so this record is not good news

Andrew Dessler

@andrewdessler.com

This is bad news: the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere is one of the key factors controlling extreme rainfall. More water vapor, more extreme precipitation. The increase in atmospheric water vapor is due record-setting warmth, which is due to climate change + the brewing El Nino.

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