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Atmospheric Evolution on Inhabited and Lifeless Worlds
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As the search for Earth-like exoplanets gathers pace, in order to understand them, we need comprehensive theories for how planetary atmospheres form and evolve. Written by two well-known planetary scientists, this text explains the physical and chemical principles of atmospheric evolution and planetary atmospheres, in the context of how atmospheric composition and climate determine a planet's habitability. The authors survey our current understanding of the atmospheric evolution and climate on Earth, on other rocky planets within our Solar System, and on planets far beyond. Incorporating a rigorous mathematical treatment, they cover the concepts and equations governing a range of topics, including atmospheric chemistry, thermodynamics, radiative transfer, and atmospheric dynamics, and provide an integrated view of planetary atmospheres and their evolution. This interdisciplinary text is an invaluable one-stop resource for graduate-level students and researchers working across the fields of atmospheric science, geochemistry, planetary science, astrobiology, and astronomy.
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“Numerous redox-sensitive tracers corroborate negligible Archean O2 [reviewed, e.g., in (10, 63, 64)].”
From The Archean atmosphere (2020) · cites this paper as [64]
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“Within large uncertainties, volcanic and oxidative weathering inputs of N2 are comparable [(64), p. 204].”
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“However, other outgassing estimates are 7 × 1010 mol N year−1 from arcs (157) or 9 ± 4 × 1010 mol N year−1 globally [(64), p. 204], such that current source and sink N fluxes balance within uncertainties.”
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“As well as solar luminosity, Earth’s mean global temperature depends on the Bond albedo (the reflectivity over all wavelengths) and greenhouse effect [e.g., (64), pp. 34 to 36].”
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“the atmosphere had 20 ± 10% O2 for only the last one-eighth of its history”
From Disequilibrium biosignatures over Earth history and implications for detecting exoplanet life (2018) · cites this paper as [26]
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“The N2-O2-H2O and O2-CH4 disequilibrium biosignatures may not have been present for much of Earth history because the atmosphere had 20 ± 10% O2 for only the last one-eighth of its history and virtually no O2 in the Archean [reviewed by Catling and Kasting (26), chap. 10].”
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“Diffusion-limited hydrogen escape would deplete an Earth-like planet of atmospheric methane in ~30 thousand years [(26), p. 215].”
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“Even in reducing atmospheres, CH4 has a geologically short lifetime.”
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“Furthermore, only 1 to 2% is due to serpentinization; the remaining 10 to 11% is from oxidation by sulfate, which does not generate H2 [(26), chap. 10; (45)].”
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- Authors
- Catling, D. C., & Kasting, J. F.
- Affiliations
- University of Washington (US)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Venue
- Cambridge University Press eBooks
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Published
- 2017-01-01
- OpenAlex
- W2611894198
- Cited by
- 342
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 16 · 2025: 31 · 2024: 35 · 2023: 39 · 2022: 33 · 2021: 31 · 2020: 41 · 2019: 41 · 2018: 62 · 2017: 9
- FWCI
- 30.40
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Space and Planetary Science › Astro and Planetary Science
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
- Keywords
- atmospheric evolution, planetary atmospheres, habitability, exoplanets, atmospheric chemistry, radiative transfer, atmospheric thermodynamics, atmospheric dynamics, climate, Earth, terrestrial planets, astrobiology
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