Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Water vapor warms the atmosphere

The Sun caused the initial warming of the oceans which altered the liquid/gas equilibrium which resulted in a consequential increase in the atmospheric concentration of both water vapor (H2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2). Water vapor is present in the atmosphere at up to 40,000ppm compared with a paltry 380ppm for carbon dioxide and the IPCC report admits that Water Vapor has a much stronger greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Thus the warming that has occurred in the past decade or so is entirely consistent with greenhouse gas warming, but the important distinction is that the increased atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases (principally H2O and CO2) was caused by the heightened solar activity (recently at a level not seen for 8,000 years) NOT by any action on the part of the human race.

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