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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."
When I started reading your post, it was scored at 4. By the time I finished, it was a 3. I doubt it will make it through the whole discussion alive, since you have been labeled a heretic by the Green Church. I think these forums would be more productive when discussing Global Warming if the proponents of that theory would focus more on moderating up comments they like, as opposed to moderating down their critics.
Mod parent up, please
Something everyone should be forced to read