Global/Solar Warming: Is every planet getting warmer?

Question

I heard that Jupiter, Mars, Saturn and probably every other planet is getting warmer! This would mean that global warming has not been caused by humans and quite possibly the planet Nibiru is warming our solar system. Is this true, is the other planets warming up

Answer 1

No.

Just a few, for different reasons.

On Mars, it's giant dust storms, according to NASA.

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/researc...

On Earth it's mostly man made greenhouse gases, according to the vast majority of scientists.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_...

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/fu...

Answer 2

Dana, the "no significant warming" argument is good when discussing other planets, but not our own?  If you can explain why the other planets (and planetoids) are experiencing warming, you will have my attention.  Otherwise, you are still "Propaganda1981".

Also, read the front page of this site:

http://www.acrim.com/

"The Earth’s weather and climate regime is determined by the total solar irradiance and its interactions with the Earth’s atmosphere, oceans and landmasses."

Dana, so you are basically avoiding answering the question?  You know very little about this subject, and it shows.

Answer 3

Nope.  About half of the planets are warming, and half are either experiencing no significant temperature change or are cooling.  If you add in the many moons orbiting planets in our solar system, most planetary bodies are experiencing no significant temperature change.

If most were, it would almost certainly be due to the Sun.  But we've had satellites monitoring the Sun's output for 30 years now, and solar irradiance has not increased on average over that time period.

http://www.acrim.com/RESULTS/Earth%20Obs...

So we know the Earth is warming for different reasons than the few other planets in our solar system which are also warming.

mikeb - if you would like me to explain the reasons why a couple of other planets are warming, I'd be happy to.  But ask your own question.  This is Derek's question, not yours.

Answer 4

We have no way of knowing the temperatures on other planets for the last 10,000 years like we do for earth.  So there is really no way of making a statement like that.  We would need to bring back sheets of glacier from other planets down to earth to analyze.

Answer 5

First of all I have never heard of this planet "Niribu". It sounds like something out of a science fiction novel. Plus, a planet can not change the temperature of another planet, lest an ENTIRE solar system, as a planet is not large enough to initiate nuclear fusion and produce its own heat.

Second of all, our planet is probably getting warmer not because of some cosmic change, but because of US. Us humans have been putting all kinds of toxins into the atmosphere for the past two centuries, and now may be starting to feel the repercussions. One of the possible (probable, really) reasons for much of the warming is the trapping and buildup of greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere. The carbon dioxide (and other gases) acts as an insulator, trapping radiant heat from the sun rather than allowing it to reflect or radiate through the atmosphere and back into space. Thus rather than keeping the planet's temperature lower, the atmosphere is so heavy with gases that it is slowly but surely heating us up.

Answer 6

They haven't work all the bugs out just yet on earth.The comparisons aren't the same between planets.The only correlations one could hope for is solar and seasonal cycles(orbital)variation's of each.As to date our planet is in a solar sleep mode and is in dispute over how long this will last.

Answer 7

I've been wondering about the planet Nibiru,myself!http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=I4D3upGhNW...