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I think the Earth will likely end up like Venus.
by atomi 6y ago
I think the Earth will likely end up like Venus.
- njarboe 6y agoOver the history of the Earth, most of the CO2 in Earth's original atmosphere and the CO2 released from volcanoes, have been sequestered by rocks, not hydrocarbons and coal. Plate tectonics keeps creating fresh rock that can keep absorbing CO2 over geologic timescales. Plus life has been depositing carbonate rocks for the past 500 million years. Venus' high CO2 problem is due to having no tectonics and no life. We are not likely to end up like Venus, void of life, but we could make the atmosphere unbreathable for currently evolved humans. I would suck if one had to have a breathing device to go outside.