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Mars Is Coming Out Of An Ice Age (reuters.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the turn-up-the-heat dept.

Taco Cowboy quotes a report from Reuters: An analysis of radar images that peered inside the polar ice caps of Mars shows that Earth's neighbor is coming out of an ice age that is part of an ongoing cycle of climate change, scientists said on Thursday. Using images taken by satellites orbiting Mars, the researchers determined that about 20,872 cubic miles (87,000 cubic km) of ice has accumulated at its poles since the end of the ice age, mostly in the northern polar cap. Scientists are keenly interested in piecing together the climate history of Mars, which contains strong evidence that oceans and lakes once pooled on its surface, bolstering the prospects for life. From the perspective of an Earthling, every day on Mars may feel like an ice age. According to NASA, temperatures on Mars may hit a high at noon at the equator in the summer of roughly 70 degrees Fahrenheit (20 degrees Celsius), or a low of about minus-225 degrees Fahrenheit (minus-153 degrees Celsius) at the poles. The Martian ice began its retreat about 370,000 years ago, marking the end of the last ice age, according to the research published in the journal Science

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  1. Re:Roughly 25%-35% of warming due to solar changes by stealth_finger · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That leaves about 40%-50% of the increase that can't be clearly attributed to any specific cause. Objective research by people not funded by political entities would be helpful.

    that should leave about 30-50% that you haven't accounted for.

    So maybe a typo or a brainfart while doing his adding but it clearly says right there. If you can't be bothered reading the comment fully then you have no business either.

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  2. Re: I know who to blame by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The Earth should be cooling, yet it is warming. Human activity is responsible for all of that warming, including countering the expected natural cooling.

    Wut?!?!?!

    What the FUCK do you base that on?

    Your misanthropic FEELINGS that humans are "bad", so you can pat yourself on the back for "caring about the planet" by throwing rhetorical rocks at humanity by blaming humans for damaging the Earth?

    Wouldn't actually be GOOD if human activity WASN'T causing the Earth's climate to change?