Cimate Facts: Water vapour is the most abundant greenhouse gas

The complexities of climate change and its associated jargon can make it difficult to digest. TheCable’s climate quick facts will help to demystify these climate concepts through easy-to-understand and straight-to-the-point explanations.

Here are some to keep at the tip of your fingers:

• 1) Water vapour is the most abundant greenhouse gas in the atmosphere but it is not a direct cause of climate change, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
• 2) Carbon dioxide from human activities is increasing about 250 times faster than it did from natural sources after the last ice age, as stated by NASA.
• 3) Accurate record-keeping on global warming began in 1880, says The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
• 4) According to the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, extreme weather events like heatwaves, droughts and heavy precipitation are directly linked to climate change.
• 5)  Climate change encompasses not only rising average temperatures but also extreme weather events, rising seas, and shifting wildlife populations and habitats, according to National Geographic.