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Originally Posted by Vman455
No, doubling atmospheric carbon dioxide =/= doubling the amount of heat trapped by the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is only one of many heat-absorbing gases, and we would have to double the concentration of all of them to double the heat-absorbing capacity of the atmosphere as a whole.
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*Water vapor is given top billing as a greenhouse gas.
*Caron dioxide is the #2 greenhouse gas.
*Warming from anthropogenic greenhouse gases(Methane,CO2,Nitrous Oxide,Flourinated hydrocarbons,Chloroflourocarbons,etc.)increases evaporation and atmospheric water vapor concentration,increasing radiative forcing in the troposphere,alongside the other gases,increasing global warming.
*This latent heat gain is something which often escapes discussion.It's what's been killing El Salvadorans for a decade now.