Where did the water go? The Earth’s mean temperature is above the boiling point?
It doesn’t need to be above the boiling point for water to evaporate; liquid and gaseous water will always be in a certain equilibrium, and the hotter the temperature, the more of it is gaseous.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_of_Earth#Loss_of_oceans
Where did the water go? The Earth’s mean temperature is above the boiling point?
It doesn’t need to be above the boiling point for water to evaporate; liquid and gaseous water will always be in a certain equilibrium, and the hotter the temperature, the more of it is gaseous.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_of_Earth#Loss_of_oceans