National Geographic: Melting Mars Means Man-Made Global Warming a Myth
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.
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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 the 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.
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