Are we to blame for Climate Change on Mars as well?

Question

NASA data shows that Mars is also expieriencing Global Warming. It has warmed by appx .5C since 1970. However, Mars is a totally barren planet with no life whatsoever so the problem is obviously due to natural forces, right? Why not the same here on Earth?

On the other hand, one of the researchers concludes that variations in radiation patters and temperatures across the planet's surface are generating strong winds, which in turn stir up massive dust storms, trapping heat and rasing global temperatures.

Is this just a "convenient" excuse to further the GW/CC alarmists' agenda or can we finally take the blame off ourselves?

Answer 1

Didn't you know, we humans control everything in the universe. We are responsible for the black holes that keep galaxies spiraling inward, crushing billions of star systems. We are responsible for the asteroid belt being in existence. We are responsible for climate change on Mars, Earth, Venus, Uranus, Mercury and Saturn. We are responsible for EVERYTHING!! Didn't you know?

Answer 2

Your question implies that there is a direct connection between Mars and Earth, in that something which happens here will cause an effect on Mars. Not so. There is NO connection other than we share the same sun and maybe in the event of a large enough impact of a meteor, it could throw up material far enough out into space that it eventually falls to the Earth. There is some indication (no concrete evidence) that Mars had a warmer climate, free running water and an atmosphere in the distant past but there is nothing to show why the atmosphere drifted away as much as it has or why the planet has cooled so much. It might be because Mars lost its magnetic field. Mars does not have a magnetic pole as we have. Magnetic compasses will not work on mars as they do for you and me here on Earth. The magnetic field we have causes a lot of particles ejected from the sun to go around us rather than fall on the surface. Mars does not have this protective shield. It is possible that the solar wind, yes there is such a thing, just blew the atmosphere away when the magnetic field disappeared. People who are equating what happens on Earth with Mars are rumormongers and Chicken Little's. Mars may not be a barren planet. Just because our probes did not find anything that we recognize as life does NOT mean there is no life there. As for global warming, we only have ourselves to blame. Putting the blame elsewhere is exactly like what the fat people do who blame the fast food chains for their own lack of willpower and failure to be responsible and watch what and how much they eat.

Answer 3

Can everybody please stop giving weather reports for outer space. There aren't any weather stations in outer space - ok no weather balloons, no radar, no nothing. Ok, Viking put a few instruments up there, but they haven't been used to investigate planatery warming.

NASA aren't saying that they know that Mars is warming because they measured the temperature. They are saying that they THINK it is warming because they THINK IT SHOULD be warming.

If you all want to be outer space weather people (and I know a lot of you do), don't expect me not to point out how dumb that is.

All those AGW supporters who say that the solar system is cooling. This is a non-argument because some researchers have started from the premise that they think the solar system should be cooling therefore it probably is. That doesn't support the cooling sun theory at all.

Answer 4

Now why did you bypass and ask them this. The temp rose a internet 3 ranges from each and every of the gears spinning. :) it particularly is the little secret Al Gore and his followers attempt to silence with their massive lie. worldwide Warming in actuality isn't a synthetic adventure. in no way has been. I recommend we've had cooling and warming all the way with the aid of history. Even till now their have been human beings. What brought about it then, dino flatulence?

Answer 5

Mars is warming for entirely different reasons than the Earth - namely dust storms darkening its surface:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/04/070404-mars-warming.html

Nobody has ever blamed people for warming on Mars, so I have no idea what you're asking.

Answer 6

Naaah!
The pseudo intellectuals might rationalize the Sun has nothing to do with global warming - BUT can they explain ALL the other planets (NOT JUST MARS)?
http://motls.blogspot.com/2006/05/global-warming-on-jupiter.html

Best explanation so far is link to cosmic rays found at:
http://leaningstraightup.com/2007/03/11/the-global-warming-swindle-video/

Answer 7

Global warming and cooling is a part of a planet's life. I would love to read this article. Do you have the source?

Answer 8

The NASA scientists who did the work on Mars, say the warming on Mars is because of giant dust storms, unique to Mars.

"the slight increase in surface air temperature is similar to climate variations seen on Earth, even though the processes involved are significantly different”

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/research/2007/marswarming.html

More details about Mars here:

http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/climate-change/dn11642

On Earth, unfortunately (or fortunately since it means we can fix it), in this particular case, it's mostly us.

"While evidence suggests fluctuations in solar activity can affect climate on Earth, and that it has done so in the past, the majority of climate scientists and astrophysicists agree that the sun is not to blame for the current and historically sudden uptick in global temperatures on Earth, which seems to be mostly a mess created by our own species."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258342,00.html

Ben O - "signal to noise ratio on that kind of measurement has to be huge. Nobody would consider doing a measurement like that on earth" You need to have a little less faith in your gut, and more in research and actual data.

Here's some data on the accuracy of spectroscopic measurement of temperature of planets:

http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=5472115

2-3% (Venus is a special case) isn't so shabby.

And here are examples of their use on Earth, in situations where it's difficult to do direct measurements.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TVR-41JTS2P-9&_user=10&_coverDate=02%2F15%2F2001&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=5337be494a7d4f696e530af38af786a7
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=as-47-11-1898

Answer 9

Save the Martians!

Vote Gore.

Answer 10

Apples and oranges. Climate change on Mars, a planet with no atmosphere, is not a fair comparison to climate change on Earth.

While there is evidence that there are numerous causes to climate change which are totally unrelated to humans, it certainly does not 'prove' that we are not responsible for climate change on earth.