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Afaik Earth turning into Mars would require shedding the magnetic field such that our atmosphere can be stripped by solar radiation Venus seems more in reach b
by Aachen 2y ago
Afaik Earth turning into Mars would require shedding the magnetic field such that our atmosphere can be stripped by solar radiation
Venus seems more in reach but I don't know the specifics. Will continue researching in my evil scientist retreat
- worldsayshi 2y agoVenus atmosphere has a very different composition.
- Aachen 2y agoAm aware, but it seems to have come from a place that was more similar to earth than Mars' https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/venus-could-have-been-habitable-billions-years-180973203/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/venus-could-have-b... and other articles make that case. I don't know if that's still current information (heard it a while ago and just looked up a random article as reference now, so this might be akin to cherry picking or confirmation bias), I'm not an expert on this particular topic, but that claim is what I had in mind when saying Venus' conditions are more attainable for earth Blurb from that article > Venus was downright Earth-like for 2 to 3 billion years and didn't turn into the violent no-man's land we know today until 700 million years ago.
- withinboredom 2y agoI used to joke that life actually started on Venus and we were the backup planet.