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It is well known that the temperature of the Earth’s surface without the atmosphere would have been much colder and probably not suitable for life in the form as we know it. As the conditions on the surface of the two nearest neighboring planets, Venus and Mars, are very different from those on Earth and no life has yet been detected outside our planet, it is difficult to dispute the view that life on Earth is tied to the presence of liquid water and a gaseous atmosphere within the range of temperatures and pressures that characterize the terrestrial near-surface environment.
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Mackenzie, F.T., Lerman, A. (2006). Heat Balance of the Atmosphere and Carbon Dioxide. In: Carbon in the Geobiosphere — Earth’s Outer Shell —. TOPICS IN GEOBIOLOGY, vol 25. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4238-8_3
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