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>the-gaseous-agent-known-to-store-energy-and-slowly-release-it-over-time water vapor?
by triangleman 12y ago
>the-gaseous-agent-known-to-store-energy-and-slowly-release-it-over-time
water vapor?
- bcg1 12y agothe sun?
- pdx 12y agoWe don't talk about water vapor. Ever. OK?
- snowwrestler 12y agoWater vapor is a much larger contributor to the greenhouse effect than CO2. But it also cycles through the atmosphere on the order of weeks. So if we were to accidentally increase the atmospheric concentration of water vapor, we'd be out of trouble in a couple of weeks after the excess rained out. Carbon cycles through the atmosphere on the order of centuries. So if we put too much CO2 in the atmosphere we have to live with the consequences for what will seem to us like a long time. That's why people focus on CO2 as the "climate change gas."