For edge cases around both stars, the outgoing longwave radiation (left column) for the cold planet scenarios is blocked by the presence of CO₂ clouds, which dominate the influence of H₂O clouds (Figure 3). For the potentially habitable scenarios, the lack of CO₂ clouds has the opposite effect. Habitable planets are substantially darker than nonhabitable planets (right column) due to the lower albedo of the ocean compared to the highly reflective H₂O and CO₂ ices and differences in cloud cover.