Posted on 01/25/2007 12:56:45 PM PST by Moseley
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Among the findings attributed to MGS [the Mars Global Surveyor], are -- [snip]
Data show that the south polar ice cap seems to be shrinking each year, leading some planetary scientists to suggest THAT MARS IS UNDERGOING GLOBAL WARMING, MUCH AS MANY BELIEVE THAT EARTH may be experiencing. If so, this is a very interesting finding, because Mars does not have any artificial pollution to contribute to global warming.
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(Excerpt) Read more at astroprofspage.com ...
Note that nobody is actually looking for global warming of the other planets. These obersvations are 100% accidental. Yet, we have (accidentally) noticed global warming on Pluto, Mars, and Neptune's moon Triton. There is also unusual storm activity on Jupiter which might possibly be related to global warming of Jupiter (although as a gas planet we do not understand its meteorlogy very well).
NOTE that there are significant differences in the composition of the Northern and Southern polar caps which would make it plausible that in the relevant temperature ranges global warming would show up in the southern pole but not in the northern pole (yet). That is because the southern hemisphere's "summer" occurs at a different distance from the sun than the northern hemisphere's "summer." As a result, the mixture of dry ice versus water ice is different between the north and south poles.
WE'RE DOOOOOMED!
This isn't a case of global warming. It's a case a universal warming. Everything is heating up.
We appear to have topped out at about 18 degrees of global warming here today.
It's the Busco oil cabal's fault.
Bush's Fault!
-20 here, which feels like only -10, a dry cold.
The rumor is that we have the same problem on the sun.
By the way... the best response I've read to people like Al Gore in a long time.
http://www.cei.org/gencon/019,05394.cfm
Plutonian warming.
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2002/pluto.html
It seems to endorse the theory that global warming is related to the amount of solar activity. Last year a Disocvery Channel program theorized that solar activity directly affected cloud formation on earth and this in turn has an impact on earth.The theory was held by a minority of scentists but more of them have converted to this view as more data appears. It is an interesting theory that needs to be studied more.
Solar-systemic warming?
I think we should look into the possibility that mankind's activities on Earth are actually forestalling Sun induced global warming. By producing increased water vapor from combustion we are increasing the global cloud cover, thus reflecting solar energy back to space. Thank God we are slowing down Global Warming!!!
Water Vapor has much more effect on the mean temperatures than CO2.
Anyone that would like proof, go to any satellite weather page on the internet.
You will notice that they have VISIBLE, INFRA-RED, and WATER VAPOR views from satellite.
Notice they do not have any CO2 views.
Where is the data on Temps for Mars and the other planets. I would love some links
What is interesting is that there are persons who think we can terraform planets. But look at our success in something so simple as even starting to control the climate of earth. Even if we had appropriate technology, we could not start due to politics. The Left would say it's too hot, the Right would say it's too cold, and ownership of the thermostate would be decided in general elections every two years. It's as bad as who controls the remote.
I have put up several posts already. Do a search on FR for "Mars" and "Pluto" and "Triton"
One would wish that there were a lot more out there, but (a) NASA doesn't want to find evidence that will put them out of step with the conventional wisdom on global warming, (b) this evidence is accidental. No one is intentionally looking for these effects.
Your link goes to a 22 Nov article regarding the loss of the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. Is there a direct link to the comments?
Never mind. I found the quote you mentioned embedded in that article. Disregard my previous post.
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