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Life, 2021 There are two types of rogue planets, sub-brown dwarfs and “rocky” rogue planets. Sub-brown dwarfs are unlikely to be habitable or even host life, but rocky rogue planets may have a liquid ocean under a thick atmosphere or an ice layer.
Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Alberto G. Fairén
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On the Habitability of Aquaplanets
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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Life, 2022 The Concordia Research Station provides a unique location for preparatory activities for future human journey to Mars, to explore microbial diversity at subzero temperatures, and monitor the dissemination of human-associated microorganisms within the ...
Alessandro Napoli +5 more
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Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 435-447., 2021 Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Peter E. Marshall +2 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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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 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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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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