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
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.