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Environmental Signatures for Habitability: What to Measure and How to Rank the Habitability Potential of Mars [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The environmental signatures for habitability are not necessarily biosignatures, even though on Earth, they are definitive proof of habitability. It is the constant overprint of the chemical signatures of life that makes it difficult to recognize the ...
Eigenbrode, Jennifer L.   +3 more
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Host Star Evolution for Planet Habitability [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
International audienceWith about 2000 exoplanets discovered within a large range of different configurations of distance from the star, size, mass, and atmospheric conditions, the concept of habitability cannot rely only on the stellar effective ...
Gallet, Florian   +2 more
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Multiverse Predictions for Habitability: Fraction of Life That Develops Intelligence

open access: yesUniverse, 2019
Do mass extinctions affect the development of intelligence? If so, we may expect to be in a universe that is exceptionally placid. We consider the effects of impacts, supervolcanoes, global glaciations, and nearby gamma ray bursts, and how their rates ...
McCullen Sandora
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainable Cities Under Pressure: Climate Risk, Oil Price Uncertainty, and Technological Innovation in GCC Countries

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the dynamic interactions between climate risk, oil price uncertainty (OPU), and technological innovation in shaping Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to Sustainable Cities and Communities (SCC) across Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries from 2005 to 2024. Using a panel Time‐Varying Interactive Fixed Effects (
Mohamed Sami Ben Ali   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perspectives on Climate Change in Education for Sustainability: Linking Concepts and Skills for a Practical Ecological Transition

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT ‘Hard’ natural sciences have extensively been used to provide evidence that climate change is happening and climate action is needed. If the contribution of our economic activities to disturbing our climate systems is now largely accepted, the way in which we design and operationalise ‘climate action’—how we transition to more sustainable ...
Sandrine Simon
wiley   +1 more source

Space station group activities habitability module study [PDF]

open access: yes, 1986
This study explores and analyzes architectural design approaches for the interior of the Space Station Habitability Module (originally defined as Habitability Module 1 in Space Station Reference Configuration Decription, JSC-19989, August 1984).
Nixon, David
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Regional Sustainable Economic Development in the Caribbean? A Discursive Inquiry

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Caribbean region is governed by several regional bodies. Among the more important organizations for small island states, where coral reefs and ocean conservation are paramount, is the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Currently, the region is going through critical environmental changes that bring important vulnerabilities.
Peter J. Jacques, Audrey Copeland
wiley   +1 more source

Planetary Evolution, Habitability and Life [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Planetary Evolution, Habitability and ...
Spohn, Tilman
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Embedded Interactions and Selective Disclosure: Network Effects on Conversations aboard Skylab

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
How do absent others influence our interactions? We argue in this paper that interactions are embedded within networks formed by chains of specific relationships between known third parties. The anticipation of future interactions with external others conditions our interpretation of the current situation and affects our behavior in the interaction. We
Michael Schultz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental health needs and habitability assessment [PDF]

open access: yes
This report provides an initial assessment of the overarching environmental health and infrastructure issues faced by New Orleans to reinhabit the city.

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