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Prolonged Multi‐Phase Magmatism Due To Plume‐Lithosphere Interaction as Applied to the High Arctic Large Igneous Province

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
The widespread High Arctic Large Igneous Province (HALIP) exhibits prolonged melting over more than 50 Myr, an observation that is difficult to reconcile with the classic view that large igneous provinces (LIPs) originate from melting in plume heads ...
Björn H. Heyn, Grace E. Shephard, Clinton P. Conrad   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exomoon habitability constrained by energy flux and orbital stability

, 2012
Detecting massive satellites of extrasolar planets has now become feasible, which led naturally to questions about their habitability. In a previous study we presented constraints on the habitability of moons from stellar and planetary illumination as ...
Barnes, Borucki, Cassidy, Domingos, Donnison, Ferraz-Mello, Fortney, Heller, Holman, Kaltenegger, Kasting, Kasting, Kipping, Kipping, Leconte, Namouni, Neron de Surgy, Porter, Pérez, R. Heller, Reynolds, Sasaki, Scharf, Selsis, Weidner, Williams   +25 more
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Organic semiconductors: A versatile next‐generation photovoltaics technology

Information &Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Organic semiconductors exhibit excellent environmental and biocompatibility, as compared to other emerging materials, thereby offering wider range of possible photovoltaic applications beyond traditional solar farms. However, to fully construct practical and commercially attractive devices, the factors specific to intended type of PV applications must ...
Top Archie Dela Peña, Wenyan Su, Yuxiang Li, Qunping Fan, Yiqiang Zhang, Cenqi Yan, Kui Feng, Ashraf Uddin, Yeng Ming Lam, Ruijie Ma, Gang Li   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Habitable Zones in Binary Star Systems: A Zoology

Galaxies, 2020
Several concepts have been brought forward to determine where terrestrial planets are likely to remain habitable in multi-stellar environments. Isophote-based habitable zones, for instance, rely on insolation geometry to predict habitability, whereas ...
Siegfried Eggl, Nikolaos Georgakarakos, Elke Pilat-Lohinger   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tidal Venuses: Triggering a Climate Catastrophe via Tidal Heating

, 2012
Traditionally stellar radiation has been the only heat source considered capable of determining global climate on long timescales. Here we show that terrestrial exoplanets orbiting low-mass stars may be tidally heated at high enough levels to induce a ...
Baraffe I., Bonfils X., Colin Goldblatt, Delfosse X., Dole S.H., Fontaine F.J., Forveille T., Gorda S.Y., Hut P., James F. Kasting, Kristina Mullins, Monteiro H., Murray C.D., Neron de Surgy O., René Heller, Rory Barnes, Simpson G.C., Victoria S. Meadows, Zahn J.-P., Zahn J.-P.   +19 more
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Effects of Extreme Obliquity Variations on the Habitability of Exoplanets [PDF]

, 2014
We explore the impact of obliquity variations on planetary habitability in hypothetical systems with high mutual inclination. We show that large amplitude, high frequency obliquity oscillations on Earth-like exoplanets can suppress the ice-albedo ...
Armstrong, J. C., Barnes, R., Breiner, J., Domagal-Goldman, S., Meadows, V. S., Quinn, T. R.   +5 more
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Planetary habitability: lessons learned from terrestrial analogues

International Journal of Astrobiology, 2014
Terrestrial analogue studies underpin almost all planetary missions and their use is essential in the exploration of our Solar system and in assessing the habitability of other worlds.
L. Preston, L. Dartnell
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Regulatory Framework and Public Policies for Sustainability in the Construction Sector

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyzes the role of public policies in promoting socially responsible practices in the construction sector, with a particular focus on their contribution to climate neutrality and the decarbonization of the building stock. European agreements exert increasing pressure to transform the construction sector, reinforcing the transition
Olga González‐Morales, Marta Mª. Domínguez‐Herrera, Rocío Peña‐Vázquez, Lilia Clara Alonso Gutiérrez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Novel Metric for Assessing Climatological Surface Habitability

The Planetary Science Journal
Planetary surface habitability has so far been considered, in the main, on a global scale. The increasing number of 3D modelling studies of (exo)planetary climate has highlighted the need for a more nuanced understanding of surface habitability.
Hannah L. Woodward, Andrew J. Rushby, Nathan J. Mayne   +2 more
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Revision of Earth-sized Kepler Planet Candidate Properties with High Resolution Imaging by Hubble Space Telescope [PDF]

, 2015
We present the results of our Hubble Space Telescope program and describe how our analysis methods were used to re-evaluate the habitability of some of the most interesting Kepler planet candidates. Our program observed 22 Kepler Object of Interest (KOI)
Cartier, Kimberly M. S., Ciardi, David R., Gilliland, Ronald L., Wright, Jason T.   +3 more
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