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Thicker Atmosphere Still Would Have Left Mars Cold
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Posted Nov 28, 2012 at 1:59 pm.
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Global 3-D climate simulations for plausible Martian atmospheres show that even with a much thicker CO2 layer, the greenhouse effect could not have warmed Mars above freezing. John Matson reports.
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