Well, if you are going to count the atoms and molecules, I can see I am going to have an argument on my hands. In terms of moles of material, yes solids make up a significant amount of material that effects our weather systems. In terms of volume though, I would say the volumes taken up by all the air and water is far more significant.
The weather is, after all, all about the air and water in our atmosphere. Where the weather is, so goes the climate.
The sea can give you sunburn from reflections just like snow and ice can. Anyone who has sailed a bit will attest to that. But, if Watson is to believed, we don't know anything enough about liquid stuff like sea water. He has checked his thick dusty Anno Domini 1963 version of the physical constants, and well... liquids aren't in there -g- There are rumors that a significant portion of the planet Earth is in liquid form, volcanoes do suggest that may be the case, but unless we actually tunnel down one, to the centre of the Earth, the skeptics just will not believe a tall story like the Earth having a significant liquid component.
pubs.usgs.gov
The greenhouse effect.
Arrhenius argued that variations in trace constituents—namely carbon dioxide—of the atmosphere could greatly influence the heat budget of the Earth. Using the best data available to him (and making many assumptions and estimates that were necessary), he performed a series of calculations on the temperature effects of increasing and decreasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere.
earthobservatory.nasa.gov
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