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Faint young Sun redux

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Given that the Sun was dimmer in its youth, our planet should have been frozen over for much of its early history. That it evidently wasn't is a puzzle that continues to engage the attention of Earth scientists.

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Figure 1: Possible variation in atmospheric CO2 partial pressure (pCO2) during Earth's history.

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  1. James F. Kasting is in the Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA. jfk4@psu.edu,

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Kasting, J. Faint young Sun redux. Nature 464, 687–689 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/464687a

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