Mars Melt Hints at Solar, Not Human, Cause for Warming, Scie

[pk]

Simultaneous warming on Earth and Mars suggests that our planet's recent climate changes have a natural—and not a human-induced—cause, according to one scientist's controversial theory.

Earth is currently experiencing rapid warming, which the vast majority of climate scientists says is due to humans pumping huge amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. (Get an overview: "Global Warming Fast Facts".)


Mars, too, appears to be enjoying more mild and balmy temperatures.

In 2005 data from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor and Odyssey missions revealed that the carbon dioxide "ice caps" near Mars's south pole had been diminishing for three summers in a row.

Habibullo Abdussamatov, head of space research at St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory in Russia, says the Mars data is evidence that the current global warming on Earth is being caused by changes in the sun.

"The long-term increase in solar irradiance is heating both Earth and Mars," he said.

FULL STORY HERE: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070228-mars-warming.html

[MrKhay]

A very readable article. Informative.
Just as I said when Algore started emoting his fear of a catastrophe on earth because of his/her use of fossil fuels to power the world...
Thank You for that insightful article, pk

[kmfarm]

I'm sure the Global Warming scare won't go away because of this. Too much money to be made scaring people and too many backs to pat at high priced parties.

Mark