Water vapour: a more powerful greenhouse gas than CO2

Forget CO2. To stop global warming we need to reduce water vapour.

[nathanjohnwade]

I love seeing the propaganda being fact checked! Keep up with the good work!

[jameslowry]

I can't say I am surprised because I have as much faith and trust in what the scientists tell us as I do from what the politicians tell us which is little to none

[TickedOffPriest]

It is only a matter of time before there is a breathing tax.

[NBERLS]

On average the atmosphere contains between 10, 000 and 40, 000 PPM of water. The most important fact regarding water is that circa 70% of this planet is covered by liquid water. Think about it.

[sanidan]

Maybe reduce water vapor emissions 😂. Don’t let AOC hear that. Don’t want to give her ilk any ideas.

[aussiedadreviews]

Thanks folks this is a great sound byte

[CBess]

Incredibly helpful and digestible. Soli Deo Gloria

[chrish]

When those we send to Washington to represent us are so corrupt there’s no reason not to expect those bureaucrats in the agencies these corrupt politicians oversee not to become just as corrupt. They suffer no consequence for this corruption which emboldens them to do even more.
Ecclesiastes 8:11

[davidharrigan]

The earth had no rain before the flood

The freshwater in Polar Ice is melting and returning fresh water to the atmosphere

The Dew point is rising, and the need for rainfall is less

Dew point above a rainforest is 21 degrees, with the extra freshwater vapor from Polar Ice.

[bartlomiej]

Water vaport concentration depend of temperature. In turn, temperature depend of all greenhouse gases concentration in atmosphere including water vapor. CO2 is long life greehouse gas that cause increase average climate temperature. Higher temperature causes higher concentration of water vapor in atmosphere. So water evaporating is a positive feedback which cause extra global warming. Water vapor is short life greenhouse gas and it concentration is regulated by long life greenhouse gases for instance CO2.

[newcreationinchrist]

Wow very interesting! Thank you for sharing 🙂🙏✝️

[Decarbonize]

I followed the link for the temperture plot that you showed and it's unclear where he got that data. The temperture plot you show looks very different from ones I found from reliable sources (e.g. NASA, NOAA).

[jackchen]

I believe I get hot flashes whenever I enter a steam room.

[tomgreene]

Don't tell this to the Irish Greens or the media!

[TellicoJim]

This makes the switch from coal to NG counter intuitive, NG emits far more water vapor than coal!

[alanbeasy]

You were still too kind to the CO2 propagandists. Human CO2 could stop altogether and it would make no measurable difference to the climate. Human produce only about 35gt per year while natural CO2 emissions are 3500gt.
Also your graph was just as misleading as the climate alarmists.
Try making a graph on a more realistic scale
0.028% to 0.041% is hardly even a blip on a scale of 100%.
It hardly even a blip on a scale of 1%.
A rise in temperature of less than 1 degree since 1820 is a jolly good thing.
Another ice age would kill billions more people than it did 150 years ago.

[cfccraig]

When I try and explain this to people they think I’m crazy or mad 💀 then I tell them I did a degree in mathematical physics and they’ll ask where I got it from “YouTube?” My response is usually something like, maybe go watch some YouTube videos they have some very informative videos about how water vapour is a potent greenhouse gas.. why do people cry out for the truth and when they get it try to mock the people giving them it? Lol 😂

[stigsrnning]

When water evaporates, it takes up energy from its surroundings and cools the environment. When it condenses, it releases energy and warms the environment. So net zero average temp change! Water vapor is not a greenhouse gas, and it tries to protect our daily temp at natural levels by the water cycle and the wind caused by local temp differences. So we get spread moisture etc. in the environment in place of floods and other extremes.

[neilk]

This is highly deceptive and misses some basics regarding the relationship between water vapor and co2

Persistence: CO2 has a longer residence time in the atmosphere than water vapor. Once released, CO2 can persist in the atmosphere for decades to centuries. In contrast, water vapor's residence time is just a few days. This means that CO2 accumulates and remains in the atmosphere, contributing to the greenhouse effect for a longer duration.


Feedback Mechanism: Water vapor acts primarily as a feedback, not a forcing. As the atmosphere warms due to other greenhouse gases like CO2, it can hold more water vapor, which then amplifies the greenhouse effect—a positive feedback loop. However, since water vapor concentrations are dependent on temperature, it's CO2 and other non-condensable greenhouse gases that drive the initial warming.

[bartonpaullevenson]

The 3.3 K figure for CO2 warming is also incorrect; it's more like 7 K. Water vapor does indeed contribute more, but it is a passive effect. Blaming water vapor for global warming is like blaming the amplifier when someone turns up the volume on a stage instrument. Most of the noise is coming from the amplifier, but that's not what's driving the increase.