The thermal mass transfers are roughly 18 x as important as water in heating the atmosphere. (globalclimatescam.com)
What we have proven is that the CO2 can not heat the atmosphere in the bulk but the whole system can not be reduced to the bulk of the atmosphere. (wattsupwiththat.com)
Almost as much energy has gone into melting ice since 1961 has has gone into heating the atmosphere — what we call the temperature. (theinconvenientskeptic.com)