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Green House Effect Long wavelength absorption properties of our atmosphere increase the surface temperature- Water vapor is the dominant effect, followed by CO2 Methane Potential role of methane is larger than CO2 GWP = 21 Scales with population growth Released from permafrost Released from hydrate deposits Emissions now rising again due to global wetlands returning from prolonged drought Difficulty of Climate Change Detection Data is noisy Temporal baseline of data is not long enough Multi decadal climate cycles seem to be very important Oceans act as a buffer that delays the overall effect P