Water vapour impact far outweighs impact of CO2
Water vapour is the most significant greenhouse gas, accounting for around 98% of the Earth's natural greenhouse warming effect. So changes in carbon dioxide or methane concentrations will have a relatively small impact.
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Anthropogenic Climate Change »Anthropogenic Climate Change
Human impact on the Earth's climate? »Human impact on the Earth's climate?
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Water vapour impact far outweighs impact of CO2
Significance of water vapour effect is overstated »Significance of water vapour effect is overstated
Water vapour effect already included in climate models »Water vapour effect already included in climate models
Long-term accumulation of trace gases in atmosphere »Long-term accumulation of trace gases in atmosphere
Water vapor is a non-issue when discussing climate change mitigation »Water vapor is a non-issue when discussing climate change mitigation
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