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Water vapor is like a blanket for the earth, how?

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asked May 15, 2020 in Atmosphere: Composition and Structure by SumitKumar (58.5k points)
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Water vapor is like a blanket for the earth, how?

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answered May 15, 2020 by Rupesh01 (42.9k points)
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Water vapor absorbs some part of sunlight coming from the sun and stores the heat radiated out by the earth. In this way, it acts like a blanket.

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