Habitability: a review

CS Cockell, T Bush, C Bryce, S Direito, M Fox-Powell… - Astrobiology, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Habitability is a widely used word in the geoscience, planetary science, and astrobiology
literature, but what does it mean? In this review on habitability… of ‘‘habitability’’ and a ‘‘habitable

Review on the role of planetary factors on habitability

A Kereszturi, L Noack - Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 2016 - Springer
… However the location inside the habitable zone does not necessarily mean that the object
is inhabited or even definitely habitable. This work does not aim to discuss habitability as a …

Habitability models for astrobiology

A Méndez, EG Rivera-Valentín, D Schulze-Makuch… - Astrobiology, 2021 - liebertpub.com
… gradual transition from low to high habitability states. Here we review and compare some of
the … how they could be integrated into new habitability standards. Such standards will help …

The habitability of our Earth and other Earths: astrophysical, geochemical, geophysical, and biological limits on planet habitability

CH Lineweaver, A Chopra - Annual Review of Earth and …, 2012 - annualreviews.org
… We review extensions to the circumstellar habitable zone (HZ), … review provides an overview
of habitability and focuses on what we know about the habitability of Earth, the habitability of …

Beyond the principle of plentitude: a review of terrestrial planet habitability

E Gaidos, B Deschenes, L Dundon, K Fagan… - Astrobiology, 2005 - liebertpub.com
Habitability has been traditionally defined in terms of an or… the habitable zone, but it is also
well known that the habitability of … We focus this review on (1) recent refinements to habitable

How to characterize habitable worlds and signs of life

L Kaltenegger - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2017 - annualreviews.org
… ascertain that Earth is a habitable planet, replete with … review discusses how to identify a
potentially habitable rocky planet, to model and read a planet's spectrum to assess its habitability

Planetary habitability: lessons learned from terrestrial analogues

LJ Preston, LR Dartnell - International Journal of Astrobiology, 2014 - cambridge.org
… (2001) attempted to redress this with a three-tiered model which in this review we apply
specifically to habitability. The first tier or ‘analogues of the first order’ are based upon direct, …

Assessing human habitability and migration

RM Horton, A de Sherbinin, D Wrathall… - Science, 2021 - science.org
… most needed to inform policy responses around habitability loss and migration. Defining and
Assessing Habitability We define habitability as the environmental conditions in a particular …

Geoscience for understanding habitability in the solar system and beyond

V Dehant, V Debaille, V Dobos, F Gaillard… - … Science Reviews, 2019 - Springer
… This paper reviews habitability conditions for a terrestrial … and biosphere) can affect habitability
of the celestial body. It does … We deal with fundamental issues of planetary habitability, ie …

Evolution of a habitable planet

JF Kasting, D Catling - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2003 - annualreviews.org
… whether other habitable worldsexist but also whether any of them are actually inhabited. It
thereforebehooves us to consider what it takes to create and maintain a habitable worldand to …