NASA study finds more water flow into the oceans

HOT on the heels of the news that the lower tropospheric temperatures have not yet capitulated to the cooling tug of La Nina comes this NASA study (dated October 4) that the water flow into the oceans has increased.

But WHY, oh WHY, is this happening? Tell us please, NASA scientists!

" ... thanks to more frequent and extreme storms related to global warming ... "

and also

"They found 18 percent more water fed into the world's ocean from rivers and melting polar ice sheets in 2006 than in 1994. The average annual rise was 1.5 percent."

I'll be curious to see how the skeptical press reacts to this one (actually, these two; the warmest September ever in the lower trop, and the increased water flow to the oceans). Climate change skeptics keep having to deal with more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more data and observations undermining their position. Let's hope they finally give it up and relent, so that we can get serious about our energy alternatives (yay NUCLEAR!)

Parting note:

" [Jay] Famiglietti said the evaporation and precipitation cycle taught in grade school is accelerating dangerously because of higher temperatures fueled by greenhouse gases. Hotter weather above the ocean causes freshwater to evaporate faster, which leads to thicker clouds unleashing more powerful storms over land. The resulting rainfall then travels via rivers to the sea in ever-larger amounts, and the cycle begins again. "

I note that one of the co-authors is from Remote Sensing Systems -- those are the good guys.