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Re:The risk of a hothouse Earth trajectory by jemmyw on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @05:14PM (#46981965)
10% every billion years. So negligible on our timescale, but it is significant if you talk about ancient climate conditions like this thread does.
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Re:The risk of a hothouse Earth trajectory by blueflow on Thursday February 12, 2026 @07:12AM (#46987805)
complex life on earth is half a billion years old (cambrian explosion 550ma ago), so the sun shouldn't be that much of an factor.
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