The Goldilocks principle: New hypothesis explains Earth's continued habitability
Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - 13:12
in Astronomy & Space
Researchers from USC and Nanjing University in China have documented evidence suggesting that part of the reason that the Earth has become neither sweltering like Venus nor frigid like Mars lies with a built-in atmospheric carbon dioxide regulator – the geologic cycles that churn up the planet's rocky surface.