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Is there credible evidence that global warming is happening on the other planets as well as ours?
I've heard that a solar system-wide event is at least partially responsible for gobal warming. Is there any real evidence of this from a reputable, non-biased source? If some type of solar warm-up is indeed taking place, to what extent is it a drop in the bucket or a major contributing factor to global warming on Earth?
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No, not really.
Here's the thing. On earth, we have literally dozens, if not hundreds, of satelites monitoring the temperatures, weather patterns, sea currents, ice melting, and many other factors. There's also thermometers in pretty much every city everywhere.
In short, we have a lot of data from the past 100-200 years to show that our environment is changing. We can make correlations between many changes and the increase of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and others.
On other planets, we do not have the ability to measure things as frequently or accurately as we do here on earth. At best, we have a few rovers on mars, and rovers have visited Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, I think Mercury, and a few other planets. So we get one rover, for maybe a couple years, every ten years or so.
There's no good way to measure other planets.
Also, many other planets don't have atmospheres, or atmospheres made of different amounts of different gases, so the sun's rays react differently then they do on earth.
That being said, it is believed that an increase in solar flares contributes between 4-20% towards Global Warming. Here is an article from a reputable science site, Science Daily, that cites that figure.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/10/031002055621.htm
Using the low end, yeah, it's a drop in the bucket. Using the high end, the solar part of global warning could be substantial, but not a major contributing factor when compared with greenhouse gases.
Here's the thing. On earth, we have literally dozens, if not hundreds, of satelites monitoring the temperatures, weather patterns, sea currents, ice melting, and many other factors. There's also thermometers in pretty much every city everywhere.
In short, we have a lot of data from the past 100-200 years to show that our environment is changing. We can make correlations between many changes and the increase of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and others.
On other planets, we do not have the ability to measure things as frequently or accurately as we do here on earth. At best, we have a few rovers on mars, and rovers have visited Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, I think Mercury, and a few other planets. So we get one rover, for maybe a couple years, every ten years or so.
There's no good way to measure other planets.
Also, many other planets don't have atmospheres, or atmospheres made of different amounts of different gases, so the sun's rays react differently then they do on earth.
That being said, it is believed that an increase in solar flares contributes between 4-20% towards Global Warming. Here is an article from a reputable science site, Science Daily, that cites that figure.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/10/031002055621.htm
Using the low end, yeah, it's a drop in the bucket. Using the high end, the solar part of global warning could be substantial, but not a major contributing factor when compared with greenhouse gases.
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This was a close one. While your answer was well-researched and cited, it was not throrough enough in that I wanted a source that specifically mentioned global warming on other planets, which the other answerer had no problem finding. Still, great job and keep up the good work!
Yes, there are credible studies which show that global warming is occurring on other planets. The following is one of many links to information on this subject:
http://www.livescience.com/environment/070312_solarsys_warming.html
http://www.livescience.com/environment/070312_solarsys_warming.html
Again, this was close. While you found exactly what I wanted, I had to give it to carriep for a more thorough answer instead of just sending me to some other place out of Mahalo. Still, you did give me what I was looking for, so good job!
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