Riddle me this...?
What's causing all the other planets to have a form of "global warming"? Did the little green men on mars give up their non-combustion crafts for our gas burning SUV's?
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You try to confuse us with the facts by comparing the Earth with Mars. Don't you know that there is a consensus? Facts don't matter anymore. We are now moving on to more government control over every aspect of your life. We are going to drag you into the utopia whether you like it or not.
In regards to the increase of average temperature of planetoid bodies, it's obvious the source must be extra-terrestrial. However, I think it was our fault, because we had Superman throw all those nuclear warheads into the Sun.
Water.
Please get your facts straight.
All the other planets do not have global warming right now. Parts of Mars are warming and parts are cooling. Jupiter and Pluto are warming. That is all.
If global warming were due to the sun, every planet would be warming inversely proportionately to its distance from the sun. As that's not the case, clearly the sun isn't responsible, right? Right.
What evidence is there that other planets have gone through anything like "global warming"? And how does that have anything to do with what is occuring on Earth?
All the other planets are not warming, just a few, for different reasons. So it's not the Sun.
The NASA scientists who did the work on Mars say it's likely due to giant dust storms, long known to occur on Mars.
Global warming has been proven, as much as anything in science is proven. Long term, temperatures are rising:
http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/ima...
And, since about 40 years ago, the main cause has been us.
http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/ima...
We need to return climate control to nature. Good websites for more info:
http://profend.com/global-warming/...
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/sci...
What ever its cause its upon us . Are we ready to take over our planet and build new structures and go high tech so we can all survive or should we hold off until every one is finished pointing your fingers ? Maybe i should just go with the little green men and get the hell out of hear before its to late
Global warming as we know it is unique to the Earth.
I think what you mean by "happening on other planets" is really one planet: Mars. "Global Warming on Mars" was a favorite argument used by the oil and coal industry in the 1990's. It comes from the assumption that the Martian polar ice caps are melting just like the poles on Earth. This is a half-truth.
First off, the polar icecaps on Mars aren't melting, they're evaporating. Second, this is normal and happens seasonally.
Third, Martian icecaps are much different from Earth's polar icecaps in that they contain a massive amount of frozen carbon dioxide (CO2) or "dry ice" over the fozen water (H20) underneath. Dry ice, as you know can skip the liquid phase and turn directly into a gas. If all of the Martian ice (including the frozen H20) was melting, Mars would be covered in WATER, rivers, ponds, perhaps even oceans. This is flat-out not happening.
The ebb and flow of Mars' icecaps can be observed through telescopes. Most recently, Mars' south pole has shifted into its summer "months." As the surface temperatures rises, the CO2 evaporates leaving the H20 caps behind. When the season switches back to winter, the CO2 settles and returns to its solid state. Because of it's orbit around the sun and the wobble of its axis, Mars shifts season differently than Earth. Summers on Mars can last for several Earth-years.
Global warming has nothing to do with it and is something completely different.
First off, if you ask a real scientist, even one who studies Mars exclusively, he will undoubtedly tell you, that we do not know enough about Mar's climate to tell if it is actually warming or not.
They have not even proven whether or not Mars has water. It is a speculation that it does, because hydrogen has been detected, but that could be any molecule that contiains hydrogen that they are detecting.
there is no evidence...yet, that Mars is experiencing the same warmign effect as Earth.
second, even if it was, something is odd, when Venus is not.
Venus's atmosphere like Mars, is composed of over 90% CO2 and other greehouse gases. It is speculated that this is the reason Venus is far hotter than it would otherwise be if it had an atmosphere similar to our planet.
Comparing the three with such a dubious argument, is nothing more than validating the fact that the person stating it is grossly misinformed. It is comparing apples to oranges. Since all three are different distances from the sun, and of the three, only the two that are the greatest distances from the sun appear to be experiencing any sort of warming outside their usual seasonal weather patterns.
Then, only one of the two situations have been supported by science, and that would be Earth's warming.
So Mars is warming eh? And did you also know that Jupiter, Pluto, and one of Neptune's moons, Triton, has also shown signs of warming as well? But what does it matter? None of the rest of the solar system is warming at all. Not even a bit. And if the warming on the four planets were in any way connected it should have affected the entire solar system no? It looks to me like you have been deceived by someone's unscientific cherry picking.
Secondly, I find it amusing that you dismiss decades of evidence gathered by climate scientists as fraudulent, yet readily accept one or two years of research that shows that one or two of the planets in the solar system may or may not be warming.
You are right about one thing though, the GW skeptics always seem to forget about water vapor. Fortunately, climate scientists never do. Water vapor is one of the most important greenhouse gases, and research shows that human activities have and will continue to increase its abundance in the atmosphere. In fact, the water vapor feedback, along with several other feedback mechanisms, are scientists main concerns about climate change.
The polar icecaps on Mars are not melting. There is shrinkage in the south polar cap, but not the north polar cap. This tells us that the climate change on Mars is not global, and is not caused by changes in solar radiation.
It's amazing how much scientific discipline is demonstrated in pointing out how much we don't know the mechanisms behind planetary warming EXCEPT for the Earth. True, we likely have a better idea of Earth's climatological dynamics, but anyone who claims that we know it all - enough to be 90% certain, for example - is lying, ignorant, or both.
And Parrot, you claim that climatologist are well aware of water vapor increase in the atmosphere and subsequent temperature increase. Please then, tell me how much of the current temperature increase is directly attributable to water vapor, and how much has the concentration increased during that time. And - since we know it so well - what is the projected annual increase in water vapor concentration and attributable temperature?
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