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PostSubject: High-obliquity aquaplanets   High-obliquity aquaplanets Empty20th December 2014, 11:00 am
MIT: Life on an aquaplanet

High-obliquity planets covered in ocean can have surprisingly mild climates due to heat storage in the ocean, but they seem to be prone to runaway glaciation if ice caps form at the equator.

Research paper is available here (pdf).
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