Plate atonics is essentially a planet's thermistat. Carbon can get soaked up in the venusian ocean, and that filters down to these tetonic plates. And if these tectonic plates dive down beneath each other, then you're burying this car.
Venus is the hottest, scariest planet in the solar system, but billions of years ago it may have been a lot like Earth, complete with an ocean of water. So, what killed Venus? And could Earth be next?
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