• TurboDiesel@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s slightly different from the light just heating the water. The energy of the individual photons colliding with the water molecules causes them to vaporize without heat transfer.

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      Yes and this effect is very small compared to the effect of heat, but when accounted for, it can make a difference at scale, in weather and climate simulation models, for example.