The runaway greenhouse and the accumulation of CO2 in the Venus atmosphere

Nature. 1970 Jun 13;226(5250):1037-9. doi: 10.1038/2261037a0.

Authors

S I Rasool¹, C De Bergh

Affiliation

¹ Institute for Space Studies, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, New York, USA.

PMID: 16057644
DOI: 10.1038/2261037a0

Abstract

Conditions on Earth would be as hostile as on Venus if the Earth were closer to the Sun by only 6-10 million miles.