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Earth has far less atmospheric carbon dioxide than Venus because (a) Earth was born with less of this gas; (b) Earth’s carbon dioxide was lost in the giant impact that formed the Moon; (c) Earth’s carbon dioxide is locked up in carbonate rocks.
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