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12. Well yes but provided there is significant water vapor / methane / CO2 wouldn't

Tue Jan 6, 2015, 05:14 PM

Jan 2015

the extra heat cause more of that to get into the atmopshere (rather than remain in the rocks and ocean) and cause a runaway?

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