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Study: Jet Exhaust Affects Weather

Posted by michael on from the messing-with-mother-earth dept.

An anonymous submitter writes: "Warp 10 speeds may affect... Ooops, wrong story.. Apparently, jets are affecting the weather and contributing to about a 3 degree daily temperature variation. Even a single degree variation in overall temperature (climate) is significant, but I'm not certain how significant is 3 degrees in local temperatures." We mentioned this before - there was a Wired story - but now their work has been published in Nature and the AP has picked up the story.

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  1. If you don't want to affect the environment... by mshiltonj · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... don't breathe.

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    Software Wars
  2. Your right, by FreeLinux · · Score: 3, Funny

    This has been scaring the crap out of me for years! I've lost many a nights sleep fretting about the ocean rising, as it is. I don't know what to do but, its obvious that we've got to do something. And do it fast, we only have 1200 years before Miami sinks.

    Oh bother.