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Global Warming Mostly Confirmed - On Mars

Posted by Hemos on from the balmy-times-by-the-mons dept.

dinotrac writes "A just-completed 23 month study, carried out over the course of a Martian year, found that the Martian polar ice caps are rapidly eroding, sending large amounts of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into the Martian atmosphere. If this pattern continues over time, Mars could go from a planet whose winters are cold enough for dry-ice snow to having a shirt sleeve atmosphere. Humans would still have to provide for oxygen, but plants could go naked. I wonder if this means tougher emission controls on the next Martian rover?"

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  1. Quick, call GreenPeace! by taliver · · Score: 3, Offtopic

    We must stop polluting the martian atmosphere! It's all man's fault! Damn those fossil fuels!

    Oh wait, it's not man's fault.

    Hmm. I wonder if we would pause to look at man's contribution to our own "global warming." Maybe we aren't as significant as we think.

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    1. Re:Quick, call GreenPeace! by envelope · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Ooh, you know where I can get a sandcrawler?? Post a link!!

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  2. Emission controls? by Apaturia · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    "I wonder if this means tougher emission controls on the next Martian rover?"

    Haha! You funny.

    Does anyone who submits stories here HAVE to make comments like this? I keep seeing them. Is this supposed to be humor? Insightful?

    Sorry for blowing like this, but this is the kind of useless comment I could do without.