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> Water vapor is the most potent greenhouse gas owing to the presence of the hydroxyl bond which strongly absorbs in the infra-red region of the light spectrum.
by coryfklein 9y ago
> Water vapor is the most potent greenhouse gas owing to the presence of the hydroxyl bond which strongly absorbs in the infra-red region of the light spectrum. [1]
Though I can't tell whether water vapor created at the surface has the same effect as water vapor at altitude.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_vapor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_vapor