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  • $\begingroup$ That other question you linked doesn’t answer my question. I’m not asking whether single-climate planets are possible (look at Mars, clearly they are possible), I’m asking about whether it would be more likely that artificially terraformed planets would be single-climate (like Mars) or multi-climate (like Earth). So I can see why you thought it was similar (it’s kind of related) but it definitely is not the same question, and so none of the answers there are actually very useful to me. $\endgroup$ Commented May 8, 2023 at 20:12
  • $\begingroup$ I suspect planet of hats trope is in effect. That is easier to say planet of X vs the the complexities there would reasonably be. $\endgroup$ Commented May 10, 2023 at 0:01
  • $\begingroup$ @KalMadda Without knowing more details and what single climate it is, on what sort of planet, it's impossible to say. Please add more details to avoid this question getting closed. $\endgroup$ Commented May 10, 2023 at 1:16
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    $\begingroup$ Mars isn't a single-environment planet, it's a dead planet. No ecosystem whatsoever. That's true of any planet where there's no liquid water. It might be possible to have biomes based on some other solvent, but not human habitable ones. $\endgroup$ Commented May 10, 2023 at 2:29
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    $\begingroup$ What you've missed is that there's no such thing as a single climate planet. That's not how solar input across a spherical surface works. Even as a 'dead' planet Mars has more than one climate – it has frozen poles and a temperate equator. $\endgroup$ Commented May 10, 2023 at 4:24