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A Hotter Sun May Be Contributing To Global Warming

Posted by timothy on from the or-a-shrinking-orbit dept.

no reason to be here writes "The sun seems to be getting hotter. Total radiation output has increased .05% per decade since the 1970s. This article over at Yahoo! News has the scoop. Though .05% may not seem like much, if it has been going on for the last century or more (and circumstantial evidence suggest that it has), it could be a significant factor in the increase in global average temperature noticed during the 20th century."

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  1. fp by Adrian+Voinea · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp 4 lug mumu de la nus fuck us

  2. On fark by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I've noticed a lot of these posts have been on Fark before here. Stop stealing them!

  3. yes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First post ghey linux faggorts.

  4. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp! wow first time for me :) (it rhymes)

  5. Circumstantial Evidence by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well, that's a kind of evidence...

  6. in other news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    well break out the aerosol cans and carbon dioxide cause i'm having a party.

  7. But by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If fark posts them, the 8-13 year old crowd sees them.

    If slashdot posts them, the 14-18 year old crowd sees them.

  8. No... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Freaking... way...
    That's so counterintuitive.

  9. Re:Right, sure by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If earth looses mass, wouldn't it move *away* from the sun and not inward?

  10. Re:Waaaiiitt just a minute. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    o/` The sun is a mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace, where hydrogen is built into helium at a temperature of millions of degrees.

    The sun is hot; the sun is not a place where we could live. But here on earth there'd be no life without the light it gives!

    The sun is a mass... o/`

  11. Re:Waaaiiitt just a minute. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    {
    conservatives[i].open(MOUTH);
    conservatives[i].insert(FOOT);
    }