water vapor
noun
: water in a vaporous form especially when below boiling temperature and diffused (as in the atmosphere)
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Cloud seeding basically works by artificially recreating the process by which rain and snow naturally occur: In normal clouds, microscopic droplets of water vapor are attracted to atmospheric aerosols like dust or pollen or salt from the sea.
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Koh Ewe, TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
The 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano also shot millions of tons of water vapor into the stratosphere, which scientists say helped to trap some heat.
—Hayley Smith Los Angeles Times (tns), arkansasonline.com, 1 Apr. 2024
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Koh Ewe, TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
The 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano also shot millions of tons of water vapor into the stratosphere, which scientists say helped to trap some heat.
—Hayley Smith Los Angeles Times (tns), arkansasonline.com, 1 Apr. 2024
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“Water vapor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20vapor. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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