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Originally Posted by Poptech
Actually it does...
Mars ( NASA)
Global warming on other planets ( Luboš Motl, Ph.D. Theoretical Physicist, Harvard)
Jupiter - New Storm on Jupiter Hints at Climate Change ( Space.com)
Jupiter - Researcher Predicts Global Climate Change On Jupiter As Planet's Spots Disappear ( Science Daily)
Mars - Climate Change Hits Mars ( The Times, UK)
Mars - Evidence Of Climate Change, Icy Region Observed On Mars ( Science Daily)
Mars - Evidence for Recent Climate Change on Mars ( Malin Space Science Systems)
Mars - Mars Melt Hints at Solar, Not Human, Cause for Warming, Scientist Says ( Khabibullo Abdusamatov, Ph.D. Astrophysicist)
Mars - NASA's Global Surveyor Sees Possible Climate Change On Mars ( Science Daily)
Mars - Orbiter's Long Life Helps Scientists Track Changes on Mars ( Mars Global Surveyor Team, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Neptune - Suggestive correlations between the brightness of Neptune, solar variability, and Earth's temperature ( AGU)
Neptune Moon Triton - MIT researcher finds evidence of global warming on Neptune's largest moon ( MIT)
Pluto - Global Warming on Pluto Puzzles Scientists ( Space.com)
Saturn - Hot shot of Saturn's 'hot spot' ( BBC)
Saturn Moon Enceladus - Saturn moon delights and baffles ( BBC)
Top Global Warming Advocate: Jupiter & Saturn Closer To Sun Than Earth ( Prison Planet) |
Uranus appears to be cooling, according to this scientific paper.
http://www.boulder.swri.edu/%7Elayou...2001Uranus.pdf
If the Sun were responsible we would expect a Solar System wide trend.
And the albedo of Mars is shrinking.
Access : : Nature
As for the absolute cold nature of Mars rather than its current warming phase, you do realise that Mars has an incredibly and decreasingly thin atmosphere?
In fact, less than 1% that of our Earth's?
Mars General Circulation Modeling Group @ NASA Ames
95% of not a lot is still not a lot.