Dr Kynes
Well-Known Member
so you now wish to contend that the heat trapped by CO2 is fundamentally different from the heat trapped by water, and thus dissipates faster?ignoring that water vapor in the air is a function of temperature and not vice versa, CO2 does have a longer residence time (or staying power, as i put it) than water vapor.
do you need me to cite that? i thought we were at a level of basic science literacy here that i wouldn't have to cite it, but i will if you need.
tell me more...
the length of time a randomly selected water molecule resides in the atmosphere is irrelevant, since it is part of a fairly stable self sustaining cycle, and it is still more than 100 times more abundant at any given moment than CO2.
and to make matters even worse, the water vapour is concentrated in the equatorial and tropical zones where the solar radiation is more direct, more intense, and more trappable, while anthropogenic CO2 sources are concentrated in the temperate zones with LESS direct solar radiation to trap at any given time.