21 Nov
Is the sun heating up?
Is it possible that the planet is not really suffering from the green house effect rather the sun’s solar energy is increasing in temperature. The longer a fire burns, the hotter it’s temperature…I remember studying in school that stars eventually burn out…is "our" sun just going through cycles which we can’t really control and the "green" efforts on our part will not stop the green house effect - regardless??

Posted by Dana1981, Master of Science on 21.11.09 at 12:21 pm
No, solar output has decreased slightly over the past 30 years as global warming has accelerated rapidly.
Article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6290228.stm
Scientific paper: http://publishing.royalsociety.org/media/proceedings_a/rspa20071880.pdf
Graph 1: http://tamino.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/min2min.jpg
Graph 2: http://solar-center.stanford.edu/sun-on-earth/600px-Temp-sunspot-co2.svg.png
Graph 3: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Climate_Change_Attribution.png
Even solar scientists say the current warming is mostly not due to the Sun:
http://solar-center.stanford.edu/sun-on-earth/glob-warm.html
Mars is warming for entirely different reasons than the Earth - namely dust storms darkening its surface:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/04/070404-mars-warming.html
Posted by Angelina on 21.11.09 at 12:21 pm
the greenhouse is taking most of the suns rays
if the the sun heats up then the greenhouse takes like half of it so there is no differents between heat and the greenhouse effect
Posted by bmwr606 on 21.11.09 at 12:21 pm
yes, the russians and the japanese have reported the following:
1) the sun is producing more energy
2) mars is experiencing "global warming" similar to earth
so the whole global warming thing is a hoax to control us and take our money
Posted by Dittie on 21.11.09 at 12:21 pm
I totally agree with Dana1981, Master of Scienc. He is absolutely right. I really have nothing more to add.
Posted by the guru on 21.11.09 at 12:21 pm
The sun is actually shining less brightly due to atmospheric pollution.
Posted by anoymus on 21.11.09 at 12:21 pm
Everything changes. Why wouldn’t the sun as well.