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Satellites Show That Earth Has a Fever
Roland Piquepaille writes "A recent study from NASA says that satellites are acting as thermometers in space. Contrary to meteorological ground stations which measure the air temperature around two meters above the ground, satellites can accurately measure the temperature of the Earth's skin. And this new study, which covers the 18-year period going from 1981 to 1998, shows that the Earth's temperature is rising 0.43C per decade instead of the O.34C found by previous methods. Unfortunately for us, if satellites can more precisely measure this rise of the Earth's temperature, they cannot cure this fever. This overview contains more details and a spectacular image showing the European heat wave of the summer of 2003."
Probably due to all of the sick people walking around...
ha!
....and the only PRESCRIPTION...is more COWBELL.
What? I'm the only one that thought that?
El riesgo vive siempre!
"A recent study from NASA says that satellites are acting as thermometers in space.
Q) Do you know how to tell the difference between an oral and a rectal thermometer?
A) By the taste.
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. -Frederick Douglass
As a resident of Seattle, I welcome moderate and immediate global warming. Thanks go out to all you CO2 spewing consumers out there.
XML causes global warming.
Take 2 asprins and call me in the morning.
Reflect the sun's energy back into space.
And the earth is constantly falling towards the sun. Hey, I just found out I'm dying.
You call that a worst-case scenario?!?
No, the *real* worst is that the Earth heats up just enough to be considered a warm, sunny vacation destination by aliens who will spend their recreation time anally probing us with tools devices that are something like a cross between an industrial drill press, a belt sender and a soldering iron.
Now that's a worst-case scenario...
"In a 32-bit world, you're a 2-bit user. You've got your own newsgroup, alt.total.loser." -Weird Al
On the other hand, as much as 30% of Canada may someday become habitable if this trend continues.
and the only perscription... is more cowbell!
The copyright on Mickey Mouse would finally expire.
Okay, if everyone flushes all their asprin and antibiotics down the toilet, maybe we can take care of this...