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Instead of calling someone an idiot, how about discussing this?
May 25, 2008 by Fred Bortz, 1 year 23 weeks ago
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There is room for reasonable discussion here, as my blog as shown in the past.
See my blog entry of a year ago about Neptune's brightness.
Also see an even older blog discussion about Martian warming.
There is also some of the same name calling interspersed in both of those threads, but the scientific discussion comes through.
BTW, I was expecting someone to jump in and claim that the new red spot on Jupiter means the planet is warming, but I see no one has. The article states that warming was "expected," but doesn't specifically attribute this particular phenomenon to Jovian Warming.
The lack of such a claim may mean that denialists have already "shot their wad" on this planetary warming argument. There is newer data from Mars for example. I don't know what it is, but if it supported the nay-sayers, they'd be proclaiming it.
Anyone have the latest from Mars or Neptune?
Meanwhile, here on Earth, the evidence continues to mount in favor of the IPCC's most recent conclusions. Expect serious international actions soon after January 20, 2009, when we have a U.S. President who recognizes the severity of the issue, regardless of events on Mars, Jupiter, or any other planet.
Fred Bortz -- Science and technology books for young readers (www.fredbortz.com) and Science book reviews (www.scienceshelf.com)