Sea change on Venus
Oct 16, 2019
2 minutes
by David Grinspoon
are a strange pair for two planets so similar in size and apparent composition. Our planet’s rapid spin sets the 24-hour day-night rhythm of light and life on Earth, gives us our cyclonic weather patterns and shapes ocean currents. It’s a paradise compared to Venus, which a runaway greenhouse desiccated and boiled long ago.
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