Climate change
Venusisalready
hellishwitha
chokinglythick
atmospherethat
consistsalmost
entirelyof
carbondioxide.
Thatwould
burnawayif
temperatures
rosefurther.
Thereis
evidenceof
pocketsof
watericeat
Mercury’spoles,
especiallyat
pointsthatdon’t
seesunlight,
butthesewould
soonevaporate.
TheRedPlanet
hasaleadyseen
climatechange:
a thin ing
atmosphere
meantliquid
watercould
nolongerbe
stabiliedonthe
surface.Under-
surfacewater
willeventually
dryout.
Climate change
throughout the
Solar System
Mercury
167°C/332°F
Ve nu s
464°C/867°F
Theeffectsof
climatechange
onEarthare
alreadywell-
documented.
Expectrising
sealevels,a loss
ofseaice,heat
wavesthatare
moreintense
andthealtering
oftheseasons.
Earth
15°C/59°F
Mars
-65°C/-85°F
0 °C
100 °C
-100°C
-200°C
-300°C
-400°C
200 °C
300 °C
400 °C
1000 °C
2000 °C
3000 °C
4000 °C
5000 °C
Phobos*
Phobos is less
likely to be
affected by
climate change
and more likely
to find it comes
to a sticky end
by smashing
into Mars.
Deimos*
The smaller
of Mars’ two
moons is slowly
drifting away. It
will eventually
escape the Red
Planet’s gravity
and find itself
on a journey
into space.
TheMoon’s
temperature
rosebyseveral
degreesafter
astronautspaid
ita visit– a
changetha
wouldn’thave
muchofan
effect.Too
muchheatwill
breakupthe
Moon’ssurace
material.
Moon
-20°C /- 4° F
s
re
ve
te
p
t
av
n
w
he
fa
Phobos*
-4°C/25°F
e
re
te
n
sp
t
c
ng
s
ce
ce
ve
uuuttt
Deimos*
-40°C/-40°F
4,700°C/8,500°F
End temperature –
where things turn extreme