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Originally Posted by elysiantraveller
Mars doesn't have a magnetic field. Nor meaningful atmosphere.
Comparisons between Mars and Earth are pointless.
Answering a question with a unrelated question isn't a way to make a point.
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Rhetorical questions are used to make a point. The obvious answer to my question is that there are no beings causing Mars to warm up. NASA states that Mars' surface air temperature has increased 1 degree in 20 years. But NASA scientists only have theories as to why. If a feedback loop does exist where increased temps cause dust devils which change the surface, causing it to absorb more heat, which causes more harsh weather, which changes the surface more, then what caused the dust storms in the first place?
The situation on Mars seems, at least to me, analogous to warming periods on Earth involving higher co2 levels. The oceans warm up, they release more co2 which causes warmer temps, which causes more co2 to be released and so on.
It's a chicken and egg question. In each case, what comes first, the warmer temperatures or the dust storms and co2? "If" the Earth has warmed up during this period which coincides with that of Mars, then perhaps it is due to what we have in common, fluctuations of the Sun.
