Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Stratospheric Water Vapor Is A Global Warming Wild Card

Water vapor and radiative processes. (Credit: Image courtesy of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

From Science Daily:

Science Daily (Feb. 1, 2010) — A 10 percent drop in water vapor ten miles above Earth's surface has had a big impact on global warming, say researchers in a study published online January 28 in the journal Science. The findings might help explain why global surface temperatures have not risen as fast in the last ten years as they did in the 1980s and 1990s.

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