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Our Planet’s Leaky Atmosphere
As Earth’s air slowly trickles away into space, will our planet come to look like Venus?
By Kevin J. Zahnle and David C. Catling
May 2009 Scientific American
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-planets-lose-their-atmospheres


2 posted on 06/15/2009 8:29:09 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: SunkenCiv

We need more farting cows!


14 posted on 06/15/2009 9:08:08 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: SunkenCiv

No mention of tectonics therein which I think should be addressed in every doomsday article.

Thanks.


25 posted on 06/18/2009 7:20:19 AM PDT by onedoug
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