Comment Re:Misinterpreted article (Score 2, Interesting) 144
From the article:
The impacts would have injected steam into the atmosphere, both melted from the surface and from the asteroids and meteors themselves.
That is, they suggest the warm conditions you mention were created by steam and hot water. And the source of the water would not only be ice on the planet, but also from the meteors. The flooding and stormy rains that would follow would no doubt be able to shape the surface of the planet, creating all the valleys and such.
The impacts would have injected steam into the atmosphere, both melted from the surface and from the asteroids and meteors themselves.
That is, they suggest the warm conditions you mention were created by steam and hot water. And the source of the water would not only be ice on the planet, but also from the meteors. The flooding and stormy rains that would follow would no doubt be able to shape the surface of the planet, creating all the valleys and such.
