Mountains on Exoplanets Prevent Eternal Winter express
Original: "Topography-Induced Stationary Waves and the Onset of Nightside Warming on Rocky Planets around M-dwarf Stars"
Mountains and hills on exoplanets channel moisture into perpetual night, blanketing the cold side with clouds and preventing a deep freeze.
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Ordinary mountains can turn an ice world into a blooming oasis. On worlds that always show one face to their star, terrain scrambles winds and sends moisture into eternal night, where it forms a cloud blanket. It's enough to melt any ice.
🎯 On Earth, mountain ranges spawn atmospheric waves that cause drought on one side and downpours on the other. But on exoplanets, that very mechanism can thaw an entire frozen world.