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"Today, the atmosphere of our neighbor planet Venus is as hot as a pizza oven
and drier than the driest desert on Earth – but it wasn’t always that way.
Billions of years ago, Venus had as much water as Earth does today. If that
water was ever liquid, Venus may have once been habitable.
Over time, that water has nearly all been lost. Figuring out how, when and why
Venus lost its water helps planetary scientists like me understand what makes a
planet habitable — or what can make a habitable planet transform into an
uninhabitable world.
Scientists have theories explaining why most of that water disappeared, but
more water has disappeared than they predicted.
In a May 2024 study, my colleagues and I revealed a new water removal process
that has gone unnoticed for decades, but could explain this water loss
mystery."
Via Kenny Chaffin, who wrote "(again, my son’s work)"
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
