Alien Skies: Planetary Atmospheres from Earth to Exoplanets by Frédéric J. Pont
English | PDF(True) | 2014 | 159 Pages | ISBN : 1461485533 | 7.1 MB
Planetary atmospheres are complex and evolving entities, as mankind is rapidly coming to realise whilst attempting to understand, forecast and mitigate human-induced climate change. In the Solar System, our neighbours Venus and Mars provide striking examples of two endpoints of planetary evolution, runaway greenhouse and loss of atmosphere to space.