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What happens to the temperature of the atmosphere when carbon dioxide levels rise?

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Carbon dioxide molecules provide the initial greenhouse heating needed to maintain water vapor concentrations. Likewise, when carbon dioxide concentrations rise, air temperatures go up, and more water vapor evaporates into the atmosphere—which then amplifies greenhouse heating.

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