The sustainability of habitability on terrestrial planets: Insights, questions, and needed measurements from Mars for understanding the evolution of Earth-like worlds

What allows a planet to be both within a potentially habitable zone and sustain habitability over long geologic time? With the advent of exoplanetary astronomy and the ongoing discovery of terrestrial-type planets around other stars, our own solar system becomes a key testing ground for ideas about...

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Main Authors: Ehlmann, B. L. (Author), Anderson, F. S. (Author), Andrews-Hanna, J. (Author), Catling, D. C. (Author), Christensen, P. R. (Author), Cohen, B. A. (Author), Dressing, C. D. (Author), Edwards, C. S. (Author), Elkins-Tanton, L. T. (Author), Farley, K. A. (Author), Fassett, C. I. (Author), Fischer, W. W. (Author), Fraeman, A. A. (Author), Golombek, M. P. (Author), Hamilton, V. E. (Author), Hayes, A. G. (Author), Herd, C. D. K. (Author), Horgan, B. (Author), Hu, R. (Author), Jakosky, B. M. (Author), Johnson, J. R. (Author), Kasting, J. F. (Author), Kerber, L. (Author), Kinch, K. M. (Author), Kite, E. S. (Author), Knutson, H. A. (Author), Lunine, J. I. (Author), Mahaffy, P. R. (Author), Mangold, N. (Author), McCubbin, F. M. (Author), Mustard, J. F. (Author), Niles, P. B. (Author), Quantin-Nataf, C. (Author), Rice, M. S. (Author), Stack, K. M. (Author), Stevenson, D. J. (Author), Stewart, S. T. (Author), Toplis, M. J. (Author), Usui, T. (Author), Werner, S. C. (Author), Wordsworth, R. D. (Author), Wray, J. J. (Author), Yingst, R. A. (Author), Yung, Y. L. (Author), Zahnle, K. J. (Author), Weiss, Benjamin P (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2018-11-07T18:49:41Z.
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