Why Earth may someday look like Mars

Title:
Why Earth may someday look like Mars
Speaker:
Anjali Tripathi
Description:

Every minute, 400 pounds of hydrogen and almost 7 pounds of helium escape from Earth's atmosphere into outer space. Astrophysicist Anjali Tripathi studies the phenomenon of atmospheric escape, and in this fascinating and accessible talk, she considers how this process might one day (a few billion years from now) turn our blue planet red.

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Video Language:
English
Team:
closed TED
Project:
TEDTalks
Duration:
11:55
Format: HTML5
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