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Article: Water vapor confirmed as critical component of climate change.
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- Asian News International
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- December 3, 2008
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Byline: ANI
Washington, Nov 18 (ANI): Using recent NASA satellite data, researchers have estimated more precisely than ever the heat-trapping effect of water in the air, validating the role of water vapor as a critical component of climate change.
Andrew Dessler and colleagues from Texas A and M University in College Station confirmed that the heat-amplifying effect of water vapor is potent enough to double the climate warming caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
With new observations, the scientists confirmed experimentally what existing climate models had anticipated theoretically.
The research team used ...