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."

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Satellites Show That Earth Has a Fever...

[the Man in Black]

....and the only PRESCRIPTION...is more COWBELL.

What? I'm the only one that thought that?

Re:So?

[Jonboy X]

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...

Re:So?

[thrillseeker]

And we are the product of a big rock doing that same thing about 65 million years ago. What might come if we get wiped out?

The copyright on Mickey Mouse would finally expire.