Is The Sun Getting Warmer?
Monday, 21 November 2005 by Jacob TomawThis is a rather long story about the changing behavior of the Sun. I find all of the changing science on the Solar System, the atmosphere, and climate fascinating. We have not been accurately observing these areas for very long considering the life of Earth and how long changes can have a direct affect on the system. Every day we gather more evidence that gives us a better idea of what is happening, but we are still unable to predict what will happen the way we can in other sciences. Now, scientists are seeing the sun behave in ways that are new to us, it is more active that is has been in 400 years. There is also growing evidence that the entire solar system is heating up. As our polar icecap is changing so is the icecap on Mars. It is also possible that Pluto is thawing out.
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