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I’m just gonna leave this here, “water vapor is Earth's most abundant and important greenhouse gas.” Do with that what you will
I'm just gonna leave this here:
All the previous warming events, which occurred over thousands of years, in the geological records were followed by mass extinction events. The current warming event is warming at rates never before seen, and has happened within 150 years; with the larger portion of the warming within the last 50 years. All of it aligning perfectly with the industrial revolution and human activity.
Do with that what you will.
this is why the heat increase from CO2e increases is roughly linear and not logarithmic.
The CO2 emissions juice the water vapour in the atmosphere by at least 7% per 1C making everything MUCH worse, including storms.
Extra water vapour in the atmosphere is a feedback loop from the heating from extra CO2e
Oh, neat, so is it all of the kettles in Britain that caused the global temperature spike since industrialization?
Which might be part of why heat goes faster up than predictions thought.