• A runaway greenhouse effect will occur when a planet's atmosphere contains greenhouse gas in an amount sufficient to block thermal radiation from leaving...
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    The greenhouse effect occurs when greenhouse gases in a planet's atmosphere insulate the planet from losing heat to space, raising its surface temperature...
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    more energy from its star than Earth and could be subjected to a runaway greenhouse effect. The Kepler space telescope identified the exoplanet, and its...
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    000 to 5,000 years ago, also ended suddenly in a drier state. A runaway greenhouse effect is a tipping point so extreme that oceans evaporate and the water...
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  • that corresponds to the ongoing runaway greenhouse effect on Venus. The IPCC states that "a 'runaway greenhouse effect'—analogous to [that of] Venus—appears...
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    water early in its history with a habitable environment, before a runaway greenhouse effect evaporated any water and turned Venus into its present state....
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    on 9 November 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2019. For instance, a "runaway greenhouse effect"—analogous to Venus--appears to have virtually no chance of being...
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    now, the increase in Earth's surface temperature will cause a runaway greenhouse effect, creating conditions more extreme than present-day Venus and heating...
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    surface. A runaway greenhouse effect may have been caused by the evaporation of the surface water and subsequent rise of the levels of other greenhouse gases...
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    science, the Gerard P. Kuiper Prize, in 2007. He proposed the runaway greenhouse effect and is known for his research on planetary atmospheres and climate...
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