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  • Global Warming on Pluto Puzzles Scientists (occuring throughout the solar system)

    01/23/2007 10:24:01 AM PST · by Moseley · 86 replies · 2,359+ views
    SPACE.com ^ | October 9, 2002 | Robert Roy Britt
    Global Warming on Pluto Puzzles Scientists By Robert Roy Britt Senior Science Writer posted: 09 October 2002 01:25 p.m. ET In what is largely a reversal of an August announcement, astronomers today said Pluto is undergoing global warming in its thin atmosphere even as it moves farther from the Sun on its long, odd-shaped orbit. Pluto's atmospheric pressure has tripled over the past 14 years, indicating a stark temperature rise, the researchers said. The change is likely a seasonal event, much as seasons on Earth change as the hemispheres alter their inclination to the Sun during the planet's annual orbit....