Talk:Water

message: Change the second line of the article, "It is vital for all known forms of life, despite providing neither food, energy, nor organic micronutrients,"
to "It is vital for all known forms of life, despite not providing food, energy, or organic micronutrients." Many style guides, such as The Chicago Manual of Style (entry 5.234) and Garner's Modern English Usage, agree that "neither ... nor" constructions are best limited to exactly two items in a list. Urzane (talk) 17:00, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree. . Zefr (talk) 17:07, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 13 December 2022 

message: “The decomposition requires more energy input than the heat released by the inverse process (285.8 kJ/mol, or 15.9 MJ/kg).” This is in clear violation of conservation of energy. Perhaps what they intended to say was that electrolytic decomposition is not 100% efficient? Mindyobusiness12 (talk) 13:46, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: https://pubs.aip.org/aip/jcp/article/160/6/060901/3262785/The-structure-of-water-A-historical-perspective?searchresult=1 78.3.35.214 (talk) 19:28, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Electrical Conductivity and Electrolysis 

message: Change paragraph: “ The surface temperature of Earth has been relatively constant through geologic time despite varying levels of incoming solar radiation (insolation), indicating that a dynamic process governs Earth's temperature via a combination of greenhouse gases and surface or atmospheric albedo. This proposal is known as the Gaia hypothesis. ”
To
NEW PARAGRAPH: “ The Gaia hypothesis suggests that the biosphere actively engages in self-regulation, maintaining the Earth's environmental conditions suitable for life. One proposed mechanism for this regulation involves feedback loops related to climate, such as the one stemming from marine algae. When temperatures rise, these algae produce more of a volatile cloud-seeding chemical, dimethyl sulphide, which stimulates cloud formation, subsequently reflecting radiation back into space and cooling the planet. ”
SOURCE: Gillon, J. Feedback on Gaia. Nature 406, 685–686 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35021165 DanielElh (talk) 10:48, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I am inclined to reject this edit request.  I'm not sure that dimethyl sulfide is the best example of how temperature is regulated in the Gaia hypothesis.  And, regardless, it is unclear why this detail should be in an article about water. Walt Yoder (talk) 23:22, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

text: Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the  template. M.Bitton (talk) 17:37, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 15 June 2023 

message: The second paragraph in the article as it exists now says the 
followiing: 'Because Earth's environment is relatively close to water's triple point'. Wander over to 'triple point' and it says that the pressure of water 
at the triple point is:
'vapor pressure of 611.657 pascals (6.11657 mbar; 0.00603659 atm)'. This is a lot closer to the atmospheric pressure of Mars, and is well below the Armstrong limit.
Water also does not magically change into Nitrogen and Nitrogen 
into water using some nuclear process either.
Lies sound cool because lying is cool ... NOT. What arguments do people have here that this is not a lie? I think that should be taken out of the article.
2601:1C2:500:9460:D9E1:DCE2:333C:5EB4 (talk) 21:55, 30 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: "Earth's environment" includes the entire Earth's atmosphere, which definitely has points with pressure below the triple point of water. I can understand your concern if the article stated "Earth's surface" as that would be untrue, and maybe it is worded somewhat confusingly, but as it is right now there's nothing untrue about it. Reconrabbit (talk) 21:31, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

text: My dear friend, I feel a tone of aggression in your words, I understand your concern, but you don't need to be so aggressive with your words, be polite, as I'm being with you. (Note: I don’t wanna other discussion, so, get your mood on me, ok?) 177.105.90.20 (talk) 20:39, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: The claim is properly sourced to a university website by an expert. "the Earth environment is close to the triple point and that water, steam and ice can all exist at the surface." and also "Near the surface of the Earth water can exist in three phases - ice (solid), water (liquid), and vapor (steam)". "Relatively close" does not mean that earth is at the triple point. Ramos1990 (talk) 20:56, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Disputed content 

message: * What I think should be changed (format using ): Under the molecular polarity paragraph it states "oxygen atom retains a negative charge while the hydrogen atoms are positively charged." this is technically wrong it should be a partial negative charge and hydrogen partial positive charge
* Why it should be changed: its wrong
* References supporting the possible change (format using the "cite" button):
Wickyman123 (talk) 11:13, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: . HansVonStuttgart (talk) 12:26, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Molecular polarity