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Such particles act as nuclei for the condensation of water vapour into the droplets of which clouds are composed.
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While that argument makes the alarmist blogs and MSNBC, it neglects that, everything else being equal, if hurricanes are becoming rainier, they must be getting stronger, as the fuel that drives the kinetic whirl of the tropical cyclone is the heat released by the condensation of water.
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The consequent condensation of the water vapour it is carrying heats the air further (the change of state from gas to liquid sheds latent heat), causing it to continue rising.
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Without such particles, clouds would be rare: the air would need to be freakishly saturated with water vapour or strangely cold for condensation to occur.
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These are the tiny airborne particles around which water droplets form, thus catalysing the condensation of clouds.
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Water damage to art work can be particularly devastating when water clings to canvases untreated, mold and decay are caused by a wicked cocktail of condensation.
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The ions in turn transfer their charges to any water droplets that might be present, causing them to attact aerosols, which makes them more effective centres of condensation.
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