Re:New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancien...
by adastra22 on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @12:53PM
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Thank you for the factual correction. It’s the geothermal (aerothermal?) heat that has decreased by more than the sun’s increasing luminosity, resulting in net temperature loss.
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Re:New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancien...
by Tuna-Fish on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @04:37PM
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That's wrong too. While geothermal heat is going down, it's doing it very slowly and has very little impact on surface temperature. Earth was on average significantly colder in the past, to the point of there being several "snowball earth" episodes when the entire surface froze over. That's no longer possible, strictly because the Sun is warmer now.
Mars was somewhat warmer before, but that was not because of geothermal, but because it used to have a thicker atmosphere, and that retained heat better.
Re:New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancien...
by aeonik on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @05:11PM
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What? I thought the geologic record showed that it's been hot most of the time, punctuated by a few ice ages.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_temperature_record#...
Re:New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancien...
by mkl on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @07:54PM
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Evidence of a Snowball Earth phase is not definitive, but that graph doesn't go back far enough. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowball_Earth, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huronian_glaciation