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suitable for living in
the frigid Arctic is not habitable for amphibians and reptiles—or for humans, either, for that matter
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That’s still chilly, but remember the greenhouse effect: there is a lot of frozen methane and carbon dioxide on Pluto, so these ices can vaporize and possibly provide enough thermal retention to make the tiny world at least somewhat comfortable, if not exactly habitable.
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 3 July 2025
This suggests the middle band of Earth is becoming less habitable.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 25 July 2025
What’s more, other recent work, including discoveries by other researchers at UC Irvine, have found that tens of billions of white dwarf stars once believed to be non-starters in the search for life might, in fact, generate enough heat to make a planet habitable.
—Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 16 July 2025
No one was inside during the fire, the release noted, and the home was deemed habitable.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 3 July 2025
This suggests the middle band of Earth is becoming less habitable.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 25 July 2025
What’s more, other recent work, including discoveries by other researchers at UC Irvine, have found that tens of billions of white dwarf stars once believed to be non-starters in the search for life might, in fact, generate enough heat to make a planet habitable.
—Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 16 July 2025
No one was inside during the fire, the release noted, and the home was deemed habitable.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
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“Habitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habitable. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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