Posted on 01/25/2007 1:11:17 PM PST by Moseley
The planet Mars is undergoing significant global warming which supports many climatologists' claims that the Earth's modest warming during the past century is due to a recent upsurge in solar energy, says James M. Taylor, of the Heartland Institute.
For three Mars summers, deposits of frozen carbon dioxide near the planet's south pole have shrunk from the previous year's size, suggesting a climate change in progress, says Taylor. Furthermore, documented changes from 1999 to 2005 show that Mars' climate is presently warmer, and perhaps getting warmer still, than it was several decades or centuries ago.
But there are not a lot of anthropogenic gas emissions on Mars, so what internal dynamic is warming the planet and what does it mean for Earth? According to researchers:
At least 10 to 30 percent of global warming measured during the past two decades may be due to increased solar output rather than factors such as increased heat-absorbing carbon dioxide gas released by various human activities. The problem is that Earth's atmosphere is not in thermodynamic equilibrium with the sun; the longer the time period that the Earth is not in thermodynamic equilibrium, the stronger the effect will be on the atmosphere. Therefore, greenhouse gases would still contribute to warming, but not as strongly as once thought. Furthermore, the warming of Mars adds another level of uncertainty to claims that the Earth's modest recent warming is a result of human activity, says Taylor.
Source: James M. Taylor, "Mars Is Warming, NASA Scientists Report," Environment and Climate News: Heartland Institute, November 2005.
For text:
http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=17977&CFID=5195862&CFTOKEN=90852445
For more on Global Warming:
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_Category=32
NOTE that global warming hysteria promoters will quickly respond with evidence that the earth is warming, but NONE about whether man is the cause.
How many SUVs have been sold on Mars? Quick, let's call Sheila Jackson-Lee and ask her!
Bush's fault!
Bush's, Cheney's and Halliburton's fault.
Send Al Gore to Mars!
Rover = Scientific Unmanned Vehicle?
9 lousy seconds....
Wait for the panic to hit....Sun going super-nova because we launch space probes into orbit which becomes junk when they become inactive!
It's all those man-made Rovers, roving, all over the planet.
To hear Al Gore and crew: Man evil, Nature good.
It`s all that coal they burn on Mars.
John Carter must have been a Republican.
Nope. It's those flatulent Martian cattle.
I like the understatement. I guess the Mars Rover has to emit something.
This is hot news, judging from the number of threads so far today.
Are you trying to tell me that Al Gore is a Martian?
OOPS .... just think of all that grant money that's been pissed away.
Thoat farts.
I'm sure the NY Times will have this story on their front page tomorrow.
Any astrophysicist that disagrees with me should have their credentials stripped!!!!! Waaaaaa waaaaa waaaaaaa!!!!!
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