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Water Vapor—The Major Greenhouse Gas

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Water vapor is a powerful greenhouse gas. Its content in the atmosphere depends on water availability and temperature.

Some scientists believe climate change is the cause of unprecedented melting of the North Pole, and that effects these very uncertain weather patterns. I think we should listen to those scientists and experts.

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Hay, W.W. (2016). Water Vapor—The Major Greenhouse Gas . In: Experimenting on a Small Planet. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27404-1_20

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