Earth Has Become Brighter, but No One Is Sure Why (5)

1 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU 2005-05-08 19:17 ID:GXl9GGe8

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/06/science/06bright.html?
"Reversing a decades-long trend toward "global dimming," Earth's surface has become brighter since 1990, scientists are reporting today."

"In some places, the brightening of the 1990's has more than offset the dimming, Dr. Wild said. In other places, like Hong Kong, which lost more than a third of its sunlight, the dimming has leveled off, but skies remain darker than in the past. In a few places, like India, the dimming trend continues, he said."

2 Name: Unverified Source 2005-05-09 03:55 ID:Heaven

I wonder how sensitive the measuring tools were decades ago.

3 Name: Albright!LC/IWhc3yc 2005-05-09 15:28 ID:hf7BZGpx

Tinfoil-hat lefties to somehow blame this on the Bush administration in T-minus five... four... three...

4 Name: Kahless 2005-05-09 20:10 ID:lLdC8UOI

I actually blame lightbulbs.

5 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU 2005-05-09 22:16 ID:NQpewbRY

I blame Microsoft!
All those open Windows.

1990: Windows 3.0 is released by Microsoft
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990

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