Stef and the ColU both kept a
careful watch on the temperature outside; it was dropping, of course, but not
dramatically quickly. Under thicker
cloud it could even rise above freezing.
“Thus proving the theory,” said Stef, “that a thick atmosphere on a
world like this is enough of a thermal blanket to transport sufficient heat
around to the dark side to keep everything from freezing up.”
“That and the fact that all
the air didn’t freeze up in great bergs of solid oxygen and nitrogen on the far
side a billion years ago,” Liu said dryly.
“That and the fact that we are still breathing.”
“But it’s always good to have
observational confirmation.”
(from Proxima by Stephen Baxter)
7*/10. The
complete review is here.
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