Water vapor is Earth’s most abundant greenhouse gas.

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[–]Canbot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Clouds reflect sunlight and this cools the planet.

[–]Questionable 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

But u/ActuallyNot, does not recognize clouds as containing water vapor, but only water droplets, using this fact to never acknowledge that vapor condenses into clouds or their cooling affect, or the rain cycle. Nor that hot air rises, releasing it's heat as it condenses. As the feedback loop is dangerous, as it can be made to sounds dangerous. Trust the science. /s

https://climatekids.nasa.gov/cloud-climate/

And we need to be told when the temperature changes one degree.

https://saidit.net/s/environment/comments/c9uo/how_to_know_when_the_world_has_passed_15c_of/

You see, we are too dumb to know when we are in danger and we must trust the experts. /s

[–]ActuallyNot[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

But u/ActuallyNot, does not recognize clouds as containing water vapor, but only water droplets,

Or ice crystals.

using this fact to never acknowledge that vapor condenses into clouds or their cooling affect, or the rain cycle

That's not true. Water droplets and/or ice crystals in clouds are in equilibrium with the water vapor.

Clouds do have a cooling effect, but it's not clear that the impact of global warming on clouds increases or decreases that impact.

Observational evidence is that cloud feedback is positive.

(Draft version of the full paper)

[–]zyxzevn🐈‍⬛ 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is so funny. It takes NASA 50 years to find out that clouds and vapor have influence.

See /s/ClimateSkeptics for actual science

[–]ActuallyNot[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Questionable writes, however:

"""Water vapor is a powerful greenhouse gas""".

This is fucking retarded.

I wonder where he got his science misunderstanding.

[–]Questionable 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

Please continue to inform us of how Water vapor is more dangerous than co2 emissions.

This is fucking retarded.

This results in more extreme weather events.

Like rain? That's just called a rain cycle. It's normal.

PS: I up voted your thread for visibility.

[–]ActuallyNot[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Please continue to inform us of how Water vapor is more dangerous than co2 emissions.

Sorry?

What makes you think Water vapor is more dangerous than co2 emissions?

[–]Questionable 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Your assertion that Water Vapor is a "Powerful Greenhouse Gas", and all of your links claiming the same. But I guess since your links tell me the green house effect is a valuable and necessary aspect of our lives and the rain cycle. You tell me won't you?

Greenhouse gases keep our planet livable. Without them, Earth’s surface temperature would be about 59 degrees Fahrenheit (33 degrees Celsius) colder.

[–]Jiminy 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Greenhouse gases are good. Helps keep earth warm

[–]ActuallyNot[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes.

It's only the rapid increase that is putting extinction pressure on every ecosystem on the planet, and requiring us to move agricultural activities and infrastructure.

[–]ActuallyNot[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Your assertion that Water Vapor is a "Powerful Greenhouse Gas", and all of your links claiming the same.

Yes.

But I guess since your links tell me the green house effect is a valuable and necessary aspect of our lives and the rain cycle. You tell me won't you?

Do you need to go through the difference between the natural greenhouse effect and the anthropogenic part of the greenhouse effect, that is causing global warming again?

  • The natural greenhouse effect warms the planet about 33°C.

  • The anthropgenic part of the greenhouse effect is the bit that's been warming on top of that for the past 100 years. It's only at about 1°C, but it's increasing.

  • The anthropogenic greenhouse effect is related to, and primarily caused by, the increase in atmospheric CO2. You can see the relationship in this chart.

Is there something there that you still don't understand?

The question you avoided was "What makes you think Water vapor is more dangerous than co2 emissions?"