There's a plus side to global warming ... at least in the eyes of space travel enthusiasts.
The facts about global warming haven't changed, mind you. The Earth is still getting hotter, the sea levels are still rising, and our atmosphere is still thickening from all the pollution and gases that human activity has caused.
This global commotion, though, has provided the extra reasoning needed to support the idea of space travel. For the first time, there is a widespread fear that our home planet might not be able to sustain us for long. The question that space travel enthusiasts ask is: Where do we go when we can't live on Earth anymore? The answer: Mars.
Back to global warming for a second, though. The one aspect of global warming that seems to be overlooked is the sun's involvement in the rising temperatures on Earth. People seem to forget that our sun is a star, and like all stars, it grows. It is getting brighter and hotter, increasing temperatures in our solar system. And like Earth, Mars is also getting warmer. Data retrieved back in 2005 by NASA shows evidence of Mars' ice caps melting. These are the beginning signs that Mars could one day become our new home.
The sad reality, however, is that Mars won't be ready for us for millions and millions of years. We can either wait for this natural process to unfold, or we can snap back to reality and realize that we're probably going to need a solution much sooner. We need a way to live on Mars now.
Let's state the facts. Of all the planets in our solar system to escape to, Mars is by far the most like Earth and would be the easiest planet to live on besides ours. But even though it's the most like Earth, it still lacks a breathable atmosphere and suitable temperatures for human survival. Many adjustments to the typical human lifestyle would have to be made in order for us to survive.
When comparing atmospheres, Mars' atmosphere contains mostly carbon dioxide, whereas Earth's atmosphere is abundant in nitrogen and oxygen. A temporary solution to this problem would be to use fancy converting machines that would extract oxygen from the carbon dioxide that could then be stored for human use. Hypothetically, this would mean that humans would have to either remain enclosed in air-tight spaces at all times, or would have to carry with them containers of oxygen.
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You need to be dragged out into the streets and shot. Journalism all over the world will immediately feel the improvement.
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Why is todays temperature the right temperature anyways? As we all know, there have been periods in time when the earth was both much warmer and much cooler then it is now. Greenland was named Greenland for a reason.
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Is this article supposed to be taken seriously? Even if you believe the worst global warming projections, Earth is still looking a lot better than Mars for a long, long time.
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Earth to Tiffany, there has been an 8 year cooling period. Check your information before writing. Oh and did you ever think that the increase in solar energy means more than we 'might' be able to live on Mars? Maybe it correlates closer to the Earth's temperature than the human factor.
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Look at the sun. The earth's temperature recently and in history has followed sunspot activity. Cycle 24 sunspots have not developed as predicted and the earth is cooling. Read up on the Maunder Minimum
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This is the 3rd time in our planets history that temperatures have been this cold and the 2nd time that Co2 levels have been this low. The planet is cold and our atmosphere is Co2 deprived. Did you think it would stay that way forever?
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What is your point Eve?
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