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[[category:astronomy]]
 
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==Claim==
 
==Claim==
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This is one form of the {{l/myth|global warming is caused by increased solar radiation}} myth. It is basically the same as the {{l/same|Pluto is warming}} irrelevancy; they are often mentioned together.
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Mars is warming too, therefore humans can't be causing [[global warming]].
 
==Reality==
 
==Reality==
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* Mars's climate is primarily driven by dust and albedo, not solar variations.
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Mars's climate is primarily driven by dust and albedo, not solar variations... and [[myths/global warming is caused by increased solar radiation|the sun is not causing other planets to warm up]].
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* We know [[myths/global warming is caused by increased solar radiation|the sun is not heating up all the planets in our solar system]] because we can accurately measure the sun's output here on Earth, and it hasn't been increasing as other planets have warmed.
 
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If anything, the lack of correlation between extraterrestrial planetary temperature changes and solar output changes ''emphasizes the importance of local changes'' in long-term planetary climate trends &ndash; providing further support to the idea that doubling atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases could result in significant [[global warming|climate change]].
 
 
===Links===
 
===Links===
 
* Skeptical Science: [https://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-on-mars.htm Global warming on Mars, ice caps melting]
 
* Skeptical Science: [https://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-on-mars.htm Global warming on Mars, ice caps melting]
 
* Wikipedia: {{l/wp|Mars}}
 
* Wikipedia: {{l/wp|Mars}}
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==Related==
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This is one form of the {{l/irrelevant|other planets are warming}} irrelevancy.

Revision as of 02:14, 22 June 2015

Irrelevant Comment: “Mars is warming too, which proves that humans aren't causing global warming.”

Claim

Mars is warming too, therefore humans can't be causing global warming.

Reality

Mars's climate is primarily driven by dust and albedo, not solar variations... and the sun is not causing other planets to warm up.

Links

Related

This is one form of the other planets are warming irrelevancy.

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