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Venus was once Earth-like, but climate change made it uninhabitable

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Less than one billion years ago, Venus's climate changed due to a runaway greenhouse effect. Image: NASA

Richard Ernst
Scientist-in-Residence, Earth Sciences, Carleton University
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A portion of Alpha Regio, a topographic upland on the surface of Venus, was the first feature on Venus to be identified from Earth-based radar. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA)
A portion of Alpha Regio, a topographic upland on the surface of Venus. Image: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
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