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Scientists find evidence of global warming on Mars |
2016-06-01 |
[Wash Times] Earth isn’t the only planet grappling with climate change, although this other orb doesn’t have much in the way of fossil fuel emissions or a 97 percent of scientific "consensus" on global warming. Newly published evidence suggests Mars is experiencing global warming as it emerges from an ice age. The red planet, which moved closer to the Earth on Monday than at any other time since 2005, has retreated from a glacial period that would have covered large areas in white before the thaw about 370,000 years ago, according to a study published Friday in the journal Science. The research was conducted using an instrument on board the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter that allowed an unprecedented examination of "the most recent Martian ice age recorded in the planet’s north polar ice cap," according to a NASA press release. Research was led by planetary scientist Isaac B. Smith at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado. "We found an accelerated accumulation rate of ice in the uppermost 100 to 300 meters of the polar cap," Mr. Smith said in a statement on the SRI website. "The volume and thickness of ice matches model predictions from the early 2000s. Radar observations of the ice cap provide a detailed history of ice accumulation and erosion associated with climate change." |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#11 EPA---Get your ass to Mars! |
Posted by: charger 2016-06-01 21:39 |
#10 No doubt there is a Martian wage gap as well. |
Posted by: Iblis 2016-06-01 20:18 |
#9 So these idiots will now understand our global temps are more solar dependent than human... You mean like that big ball of fire in the sky? Who would have thought it? OTOH Never underestimate the human capacity for self-delusion - especially if federal funding is at stake. And of course plain old stupidity. |
Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-06-01 13:38 |
#8 I had no idea Boooosh's influence was so far-reaching. |
Posted by: Bobby 2016-06-01 13:18 |
#7 No. |
Posted by: gorb 2016-06-01 13:16 |
#6 So these idiots will now understand our global temps are more solar dependent than human... |
Posted by: 49 Pan 2016-06-01 12:59 |
#5 Gee, there might be cosmic forces at work? |
Posted by: Skidmark 2016-06-01 12:21 |
#4 Good thing Mars's atmosphere is 96% CO2, or it would be even colder. |
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2016-06-01 09:53 |
#3 So, Gore as on Mars 370K years ago? |
Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-06-01 08:24 |
#2 But the Mars Rovers are all solar powered, aren't they? |
Posted by: Glenmore 2016-06-01 08:16 |
#1 Marvin the Martian's cattle and SUV. |
Posted by: Mullah Richard 2016-06-01 08:12 |