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Loading contentHow a planet's climate changes over billions of years — the runaway greenhouse that turned Venus into a furnace, the slow drying and cooling of Mars, and the feedbacks that have kept Earth habitable. Comparing the three is the key to understanding what makes a climate stable.
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