Take an Earth twin; move it away from its sun so it cools, and cools…and cools some more. Ice sheets grow and then once a tipping point is reached, you end up with the classic “Snowball Earth”: runaway global glaciation, where the entire world is … Continue readingIce Forgives: Some Thoughts on the Extended Habitable Zone
I’ve been giving some thought, once again, to Thalassa, my oceanic planet with a thick oxygen atmosphere orbiting Proxima Centauri, which I’ve featured in some stories…but it’s some stories I might want to revise, because the more I brainstorm the biosphere, the more alien and … Continue readingLeviathans of the Airy Deep?
I haven’t written much about it on here, but lately I’ve been brainstorming about Earth climatology…and in true “me” fashion, this eventually has me wandering back to thinking about how one of my alien planets would behave. In particular, my Earth-like (but very much not … Continue readingOf Georeactors, Katabatics, Twin Suns, and Climatology