thus rather than a "doomsday" cycle of runaway warming, mother earth appears surprisingly tolerant of carbon, decreasing atmospheric levels of water vapor -- a more effective greenhouse gas -- to compensate.
thus rather than a "doomsday" cycle of runaway warming, mother earth appears surprisingly tolerant of carbon, decreasing atmospheric levels of water vapor -- a more effective greenhouse gas -- to compensate.
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greenhouse gas
because water vapor is a greenhouse gas, this results in further warming and so is a "positive feedback" that amplifies the original warming.