How Does Al Gore Explain This?. . . .

According to scientists, Jupiter is undergoing a period of global warming. From 2004 to 2011 the temperature at Jupiter's equator will go up 10 degrees Celsius (18 degree F). So where is this coming from?

For about 300 years Jupiter's banded atmosphere has shown a remarkable feature to telescopic viewers, a large swirling storm system known as The Great Red Spot. In 2006, another red storm system appeared, actually seen to form as smaller whitish oval-shaped storms merged and then developed the curious reddish hue. Now, Jupiter has a third red spot, again produced from a smaller whitish storm. All three are seen in this image made from data recorded on May 9 and 10 with the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2. The spots extend above the surrounding clouds and their red color may be due to deeper material dredged up by the storms and exposed to ultraviolet light, but the exact chemical process is still unknown. For scale, the Great Red Spot has almost twice the diameter of planet Earth, making both new spots less than one Earth-diameter across. The newest red spot is on the far left (west), along the same band of clouds as the Great Red Spot and is drifting toward it. If the motion continues, the new spot will encounter the much larger storm system in August. Jupiter's recent outbreak of red spots is likely related to large scale climate change as the gas giant planet is getting warmer near the equator.

OK, Jupiter isn't exactly like Earth, but the reality is that there are cycles of rising & falling temperatures on every planet. That IS SCIENTIFIC FACT! & while we can & should do what we can to be good stewards of our planet, to say definitively that this whole "climate change" is the fault of humans is hubris & has an ulterior motive that, I suspect, has nothing to do with saving the environment & more to do with destroying the American economy & justifying abortion & birth control. If not, then why the almost total silence calling for an end to chemical birth control when there is more conclusive evidence of the harm it is doing to the environment than there is for global warming?

Sources: Jupiter's Spots Disappear Amid Major Climate Change

Astronomy picture of the day 23 May 2008