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Atmospheric differences among the inner planets are influenced jointly by their proximity to the Sun and individual aspects of their evolution. Earth is our solar system's "Goldilocks:" Venus is too hot; Mars is too cold; Earth is just right. One of the big questions: Why are the inner planets, so similar in origin and relative composition of elements, so different? What accounts for the strange nature of Earth's atmosphere?
Life makes the difference. Carbon-dioxide-consuming and producing beings of the biosphere, tightly coupled with geological processes, have influenced Earth’s faces and flows for thousands of millions of years.
Date Created
1997
Holding Institution
University of Montana--Missoula. Environmental Studies Program
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© 1997 Stiftung Drittes Millennium
Item Type
Exhibit
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image/jpeg
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Text; Image
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18_wtt_file01_1-19.jpg
Recommended Citation
Liebes, Sid; Mittelstadt, Laurie; Waugh, Barbara; and Brynes, Lois, "Panel 18: Goldilocks And The Three Atmospheres" (1997). A Walk Through Time - From Stardust To Us. 18.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/awalkthroughtime/18