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

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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I know who to blame

[Anonymous Coward]

It was Volkswagen and their inefficient diesel cars, shame.

Re: I know who to blame

[Anonymous Coward]

But we should absolutely not even consider the possibility of solar emissions influencing the climate of all planets.

The climate on Earth which has never once stopped changing for billions of years is now changing solely because of carbon emissions. All other factors should now be discounted.

This Mars coincidence should also be ignored.

There will be no independent thought on his subject allowed.

Re: The Jurassic period. O2 in atmosphere was 130%

[Anonymous Coward]

The warmunists don't say warming is bad for life. They say the rapidity of the warming is gonna be bad for humans.