[neverdem]

Contributions of Stratospheric Water Vapor to Decadal Changes in the Rate of Global Warming

Stratospheric water vapor concentrations decreased by about 10% after the year 2000. Here, we show that this acted to slow the rate of increase in global surface temperature over 2000 to 2009 by about 25% compared to that which would have occurred due only to carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. More limited data suggest that stratospheric water vapor probably increased between 1980 and 2000, which would have enhanced the decadal rate of surface warming during the 1990s by about 30% compared to estimates neglecting this change. These findings show that stratospheric water vapor represents an important driver of decadal global surface climate change.

The cat's out of the bag, so now these mutts are hedging their bets?

[Tainan]

I drink scotch & water...I pee.
I drink beer...I pee.
I drink wine...I pee.

So, every time I get all wee wee'd up, I am flattening out the climate change with my urinary output.
We is doomed I tells ya...doomed!

[Quix]

I suppose HAARP has nothing to do with this.

/sar

[CalvaryJohn]

I’ve always thought the climate was self regulating, to a degree.

[DocRock]

Mystics peddling mysterious mysticism at the point of a gun.

[carolinacrazy]

This is the new tactical warfare being implemented throughout the “global warming” community. Report on new things, but operate off of the basis that major warming has occurred, and most of it just recently: proven, water tight, impenetrable, beyond a doubt, overwhelming scientific evidence blah blah blah.

[Justa]

CO2 is busted as a cause of heating so now they’re going for a loss of water vapor as the cause for cooling? Wrong, water vapor, like CO2, is a trailing indicator of temperature change. ISS (It’s the Sun Stupid).

[TheZMan]

Just make shit up as you go along. Good grief.

[GOPJ]

Not only are they hedging their bets - they're setting up the next big lie freak out. Water - there's not going to be ANY WATER... We have to shut down the United States and all first world countries - WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE OF THIRST. God, I hate liberals.

[bmwcyle]

Hide the Decline

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

Notice how they scam the facts?

They say that there is an increase in “green house gases” but a decrease in global temperatures over the last decade.

when they know good and well that the “increase” in gases is because they just recently declared CO2 as a “Green house gas”, which would increase it by proxy and nothing more.

These people are so dishonest and corrupt! It merely reflects the Marxist mantra that it becomes a righteous cause to lie when the “End result justifies the means of the lie”.

[zeugma]

One of the things that I find so funny about this is that they keep talking through the article as if water vapor is not a "greenhouse gas". I can't wait for the drumbeats to eliminate dihydrogen monoxide. --It's for the children!

[rwfromkansas]

Maybe mother nature is able to largely protect herself.