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Caption: Figure 8.
Probability plot showing the effect of escape processes at Earth-like and Venus-like instellations. Venus-like hypsometry and instellation is denoted by orange shades, and Earth-like models are in shades of blue. All models use surface-dependent water ingassing cycles. Runs that exclude atmospheric escape are denoted by the dotted lines and lighter shades. Atmospheric escape is less significant to habitability outcomes at higher initial water inventories above 10% of Earth’s ocean mass.
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