Even in a story about Martian climate change, carbon dioxide on Earth is given a plug as the sole greenhouse gas when it's water vapor that is responsible for 95 percent of the warming in the greenhouse effect.
On earth, carbon dioxide traps infrared radiation which can affect global climate. This a phenomenon is known as the greenhouse effect. Fossil fuel emissions add to the problem.
Is there even a science editor checking these stories anymore, or is the editor the one that requested that line be put in there? Also notice, the story does not include a theory on why the Martian albedo darkened in the 1970's which coincided with an increase in solar radiation. It couldn't be because the newspapers would have to explain what that is, and why the carbon dioxide climate guys getting all the press right now don't like that theory at all. Could it?
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