[Interview] Did Venus Have Plate Tectonics?

October 31st, 2023
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Plate tectonics might be the key to why Venus had become the hell it is right now. Some think that it just never had it. But recent studies suggest that Venus did have plate tectonics at the same time Earth did. Why is it important? Figuring it out with Dr Matt Weller.

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00:00 Intro
01:23 How bad Venus really is
04:44 Plate tectonics
17:05 Will Earth follow Venus' fate
18:40 When was Venus habitable
20:54 How can we learn more
28:00 Finding similar things in exoplanets
32:35 Current obsessions

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