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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 signifi
by Tuna-Fish 2y ago
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.
- aeonik 2y agoWhat? 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#/media/File%3AAll_palaeotemps.svg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_temperature_record#...
- mkl 2y agoEvidence 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/Snowball_Earth, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huronian_glaciation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huronian_glaciation
- adastra22 2y agoI was talking about Mars, not Earth. Mars is a lot smaller and cools faster.