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will global warming dissipate clouds, which would effectively speed up the process of climate change, or increase cloud cover, which would slow it down?
*#AGW proponents say it's [[carbon dioxide]]
*#AGW proponents say it's [[carbon dioxide]]
*#A peer-reviewed scientific paper says it's [[water vapor]]<ref>"Water vapor is the most important greenhouse gas ..." [http://thejll.com/Frascati/ReichelThejllLassenSCL.pdf] </ref>
*#A peer-reviewed scientific paper says it's [[water vapor]]<ref>"Water vapor is the most important greenhouse gas ..." [http://thejll.com/Frascati/ReichelThejllLassenSCL.pdf] </ref>
*What is the role of clouds?
#Low-altitude clouds reflect some of the sun's radiation back into the atmosphere, cooling the earth. It's not yet known whether global warming will dissipate clouds, which would effectively speed up the process of climate change, or increase cloud cover, which would slow it down. [http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1912448,00.html#ixzz1EyuBDJo1]
*What are the uncertainties in understanding climatic change?
*What are the uncertainties in understanding climatic change?
*#The UN's climate panel said recently there is '''a 90% chance''' that most of the last 50 to 100 years of global warming are due to human activity
*#The UN's climate panel said recently there is '''a 90% chance''' that most of the last 50 to 100 years of global warming are due to human activity