Why is Mars melting?
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It is the southern polar ice caps of Mars that is shrinking, the northern caps are growing.
Mars like Earth has seasons, in which the polar ice caps grow and shrink. Also like Earth, Mars experiences extended periods of unusual fluctuations in it's temperature due to solar radiation, which effects the polar ice caps as well.
Mars also has more CO2 in it's atmosphere, when CO2 rushes back into the atmosphere the ice caps vaporize instead of melt - Which is what is happening in this case.
The reason the southern caps seem to be shrinking at an unusual rate, is ultimately the sun. Whether or not this is a trend, scientist won't know until after a few more years of study.
Yes, the Sun effects the Earth's ice caps.
he's in love with Earth and you know love hurts
all the planets are slowly moving closer to the sun
=[ were all gonna die soon
Global warming is a fact but, and this is the big but, is it due to carbon emmisions? I think that it is entirely due to solar activity and that would tie in with the observable features of the Mars landscape. Periodically in Earth's history, the sun's output has fluctuated and it is obvious that the planets will be affected. What we have now is a wobble in the sun's energy output. The carbon 'thing' is a device to help us deal with the diminishing oil situation.
my mars always melt in the summer too i usually put them in the fridge and then slice them up also my milky ways too
The Sun is getting hotter and bigger..at one point it's going to be so big..that probably Mercury, Venus and Mars..will all be gone...also Earth..is not standing very comfortable.
RealClimate.org has an interesting article on this subject.
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/arc...
Whatever we learn from this is that Mars and Earth don't have similar atmospheres or conditions and cannot be compared.
On earth, reductions of emissions of greenhouse gases but also reforestation of tropical forests as well as how we plan and build cities and agriculture could help our climate.
I saw on that Universe show on the History channel that the ice caps are actually a form of dry ice. Maybe they are just evaporating or something?
Global Warming sug!
The NASA scientists say it's for other reasons, most likely giant dust storms, long known to occur on Mars.
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/researc...
Most of the planets aren't warming, so it's not the Sun.
must be all the people living there
It is Martian global warming caused by the Mars rovers.
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