Q. Consider the following statements regarding “water vapour”:
1.It is the biggest contributor to the greenhouse effect.
2.Humans are directly responsible for emitting this gas in quantities sufficient to change its concentration in the atmosphere.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: A
Notes:
Explanation: Water vapour is the biggest overall contributor to the greenhouse effect and humans are not directly responsible for emitting this gas in quantities sufficient to change its concentration in the atmosphere.
- However, CO2 and other greenhouse gases is increasing the amount of water vapour in the air by boosting the rate of evaporation.
- Unlike CO2, which can persist in the air for centuries, water vapour cycles through the atmosphere quickly, evaporating from the oceans and elsewhere before coming back down as rain or snow.
- Since the rate of evaporation rises with temperature, the amount of water vapour in the air at any one time (and the amount of warming it causes) is strongly related to the amount of other greenhouse gases in the air.
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