2007-08-18 18:01:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment ➔ Global Warming
Its the most prevalent conduit of heat loss and gain, other than glass.
Selling carbon credits enriches large al.
Eliminating water vapor, eliminates us.
2007-08-18 18:11:15 · answer #1 · answered by Snoonyb 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Water vapor does contribute to global warming, which has been a GREAT thing for 18,000 years. We are the way we are because of it.
Ice ages are the "Normal climate'. 80% of the history of the Earth is Ice age. Without it there might be 1/2 mile of ice on top of Chicago. VERY BAD FOR THE ECONOMY!
No one mentions Water vapor when talking about climate change.
WHY?
When water vapor condenses it rains, In the day time as clouds it shades. Everyone knows how it feels. cooler. At night water vapor traps heat. Those winter nights that are clear are the coldest.
Things are not always as simple as some might have us believe.
Weather and climate are complex thermodynamic systems.
To isolate one variable to the exclusion of ALL others is nearly impossible in such a system. Like predicting where all the balls on a pool table after 15 shots.
Dr. Edward Norton Lorenz was a meteorologist who tried to predict the weather with computers but instead gave rise to the modern field of chaos theory.
Anyone interested in climate change might want to look for themselves.
2014-06-14 04:10:41 · answer #2 · answered by Robert 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the most potent greenhouse gas although it's contribution to global warming will happen after CO2 rises.
The thing about water vapour is that its life time in the atmosphere is so short that any extra we add will wash out of the atmosphere before it can cause any temperature increase but the amount of water vapour in the atmosphere will increase as global temperature rises so water vapour concentration will follow the change in temperature and increase it a bit but it isn't the cause of global warming.
2007-08-18 19:34:13 · answer #3 · answered by bestonnet_00 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The sources i've got suggested look to declare that Water Vapor is an "result" and not a "reason". i.e. that the better CO2 content motives greater water vapor to be interior the air. i think of that's quite a count of deforestation... not having sufficient timber to consume all that carbon dioxide, and keeping wooded area levels, organic parks and making suitable use of land is a great impact on how lots CO2 is interior the ambience and how that contributes to worldwide Warming.
2016-11-12 21:22:36 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All greenhouse gasses work in the same manner. They absorb light and convert it to heat.
Non-greenhouse gasses are "transparent" to light or reflect it.
Next comes efficiency of the gas in the conversion process and heat capacity to store the heat.
Water vapor is the most abundant and dominant greenhouse gas in the atmosphere and varies from 0 to 2% in the atmospher (20,000 ppm). This compares to CO2 at approximately 370 ppm.
For a better description of the concentrations and changes in concentrations, please link to:
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/UniqueKeyLookup/SHSU5BUM9T/$File/ghg_gwp.pdf
2007-08-18 18:06:23 · answer #5 · answered by searcherj2003 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
water vapour absorbs the radiated heat and contributes to global warming
2007-08-18 20:14:59 · answer #6 · answered by balaram b 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Water has a high heat capacity. (4.18 jewls per gram.) Therefore heat gets trapped in it. It also makes water a good coolant.
2007-08-18 18:36:52 · answer #7 · answered by bradyball48 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No such thing as Global Warming.
2007-08-18 20:07:05 · answer #8 · answered by RC Collns 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
i don't think it does
2007-08-21 16:04:06 · answer #9 · answered by Katie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋