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On the Habitability of Aquaplanets [PDF]
Challenges, 2014 An Aquatic Habitability Index is proposed, based on Quantitative Habitability Theory, and considering a very general model for life. It is a primary habitability index, measuring habitability for phytoplankton in the first place.
Rolando Cardenas +3 more
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River, 2022 Human civilization prospers along rivers worldwide. Here, we investigated human–river relations by revealing the linkage between water and habitability for human settlements, and socioeconomic and cultural development across China.
Yichu Wang +2 more
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A revised lower estimate of ozone columns during Earth’s oxygenated history
Royal Society Open Science, 2022 The history of molecular oxygen (O2) in Earth’s atmosphere is still debated; however, geological evidence supports at least two major episodes where O2 increased by an order of magnitude or more: the Great Oxidation Event (GOE) and the Neoproterozoic ...
G. J. Cooke +4 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Microbes are the Earth life forms that have the highest degree of adaptability to survive, live, or even proliferate in very hostile environments. It is even stated that microbes can cope with any extreme physico-chemical condition and are, therefore ...
Hugo Moors +5 more
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Quantifying the influence of coastal flood hazards on building habitability following Hurricane Irma [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System SciencesAppropriate management of coastal flood risk is critical for creating resilient communities. An important part of this is estimating what buildings will become uninhabitable due to a flood event such as a tropical cyclone.
B. Nelson-Mercer +5 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 The generation of hydrogen and reduced carbon compounds during serpentinization provides sustained energy for microorganisms on Earth, and possibly on other extraterrestrial bodies (e.g., Mars, icy satellites).
Kaitlin R. Rempfert +7 more
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Searching for Life, Mindful of Lyfe’s Possibilities
Life, 2022 We are embarking on a new age of astrobiology, one in which numerous interplanetary missions and telescopes will be designed, built, and launched with the explicit goal of finding evidence for life beyond Earth.
Michael L. Wong +3 more
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The ETNA mission concept: Assessing the habitability of an active ocean world
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2022 Enceladus is an icy world with potentially habitable conditions, as suggested by the coincident presence of a subsurface ocean, an active energy source due to water-rock interactions, and the basic chemical ingredients necessary for terrestrial life ...
Ariel N. Deutsch +16 more
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Astronomy & AstrophysicsContext. M dwarfs are key targets for terrestrial exoplanet studies, with prospects for atmospheric spectroscopy. However, strong stellar magnetic activity and frequent flaring require modelling efforts to assess their impact on planetary atmospheres ...
Mamonova E. +6 more
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Multiverse Predictions for Habitability: Planetary Characteristics
Universe, 2022 Recent detections of potentially habitable exoplanets around sunlike stars demand increased exploration of the physical conditions that can sustain life, by whatever methods available.
McCullen Sandora +3 more
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