若冰层上方还存在一层固态气体层，如干冰——二氧化碳的固态形式，维持液态水存在的冰层厚度要求就能相对降低。
The ice cap could be thinner and still protect water if it were topped with a layer of frozen atmospheric gas, such as dry ice, which is solid carbon dioxide.
气凝胶的一个绰号是“固态烟”，通过从硅胶中抽去水分代之以气体(比如用二氧化碳)制成。
Aerogel is nicknamed "frozen smoke" and is made by extracting water from a silica gel, then replacing it with gas such as carbon dioxide.
每年春季，火星表面的干冰(固体二氧化碳)在阳光照射下，会由固态升华为气态。
Spring on Mars sees plumes of carbon dioxide vaporizing from solid blocks of dry ice as they warm up in the sunlight.
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