That approach in effect makes carbon dioxide, CO 2, the prevailing "currency" of greenhouse gases and global warming Let's consider the principal GHGs one at a time, starting with water vapor, the most abundant greenhouse gas in the atmosphere according to NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)The contributions of downwelling IR from greenhouse gases to warming the planet are called the greenhouse effect To be honest, the names "greenhouse effect" and "greenhouse gases" are pretty unfortunate, because the processes at The increase of greenhouse gas concentration (mainly carbon dioxide) led to a substantial warming of the earth and the sea, called global warming In other words The increase in the manmade emission of greenhouse gases is the cause for global warming For the effects of global warming see below Effects of global warming
Cilab Greenhouse Gases Effect On Global Warming