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A magnetosphere does not protect a planet's atmosphere enough to stop solar stripping effectsMars doesn't have hardly any atmosphere - no magnetosphere. The solar radiation has blown the atmosphere away, so it's kind of hard to have a greenhouse effect.
We've bags of vapour just waiting to happen![]()
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Why an intrinsic magnetic field does not protect a planet against atmospheric escape | Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)
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