Oh my gosh! Call the Sierra Club! Call Green Peace! All environmental activists and global warming wingnuts need to report to the planet Mars right away! There must be humans with SUVs who are polluting Mars so much that it is experiencing man-made global warming just like Earth. And even worse, the goverments on Mars and Earth conspired to coverup the global warming facts from the environmental extremists on Earth.

A number of credible news and scientific sources reported on the Martian environmental woes almost two years ago. The information was somehow overlooked by environmental activists on Earth. A recap of the major reports are listed below.

On December 10, 2003, WorldNetDaily.com reported that despite no "... pollutants of human habitation, Mars appears to be undergoing global warming, with new data suggesting the planet is possibly emerging from an ice age." 1

Also according to the WorldNetDaily article:

"Odyssey is giving us indications of recent global climate change on Mars," Jeffrey Plaut, project scientist for the mission at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is quoted as saying.1

Another article, from Science.com on December 8, 2003 reported that Mars is emerging from an Ice Age. Science.com also reported:"There appears to be too much frozen water at low-latitude regions -- away from the frigid poles -- given the current climate of Mars. The situation is not in equilibrium, said William Feldman of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. One explanation could be that Mars is just coming out of an ice age, Feldman said. In some low-latitude areas, the ice has already dissipated. In others, that process is slower and hasn't reached an equilibrium yet. Those areas are like the patches of snow you sometimes see persisting in protected spots long after the last snowfall of the winter."2

NewScientist.com reports also reported "Mars is undergoing global warming that could profoundly change the planet's climate in a few thousand years, new data suggests."2

"High-resolution images taken by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor show that the permanent south polar "ice" cap shrank significantly between two successive Martian summers - a period roughly corresponding to two Earth years. If the trend continues at the same rate and the polar cap is entirely frozen carbon dioxide, "the whole cap would be evaporated in a few thousand years," Mike Caplinger of Malin Space Science Systems told New Scientist.2


1. WorldNetDaily (2003). Global warming on Mars – without SUVs! Planet experiencing increased temperatures despite lack of humankind. Retrieved October 10, 2003, from http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36049.

2. Hect, Jeff (2001). Mars could be undergoing major global warming. Retrieved September 20, 2005, from http://www.newscientist.com/.