Global Warming on Other Worlds

Abstract

We have all heard it: global warming is not exclusive to Planet Earth. A number of other members of the Solar System may be experiencing their own forms of climate change. However, before succumbing to the exciting lure that there is, or is not, any relevance to what may be taking place on other planets and what is occurring on Earth, we should look to see if there are actually any parallels at all. Because not everyone has been persuaded by the supposed climate links that have been promoted, we may have also heard absolute denials of the possibility of extraterrestrial warming. Other researchers have taken the position that these perceived changes have no connection with the Sun at all, or to Earth’s recent warming (Fig. 10.1).