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Carl Sagan's Theory Of Early Mars Warming Gets New Attention ... » Jan 27, 2017 ...Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) suggest a different, less cut-and-dried scenario. Based on their studies, early Mars may have been warmed now and again by a powerful greenhouse effect. In a paper published in Geophysical Research... Universetoday.com

Gaia. by Brig Klyce » Earth has cooled, the temperature has stabilized, and the composition of the atmosphere has completely changed. Under the ....Bursts of methane may have warmed early Mars, by Leah Burrows, Harvard Paulson School, 24 Jan 2017. ... Oxygen fluctuations stalled life on Earth by Jane Qiu, Nature News, 11 Jul 2014. Panspermia.org

Transient reducing greenhouse warming on early Mars ... » Jan 21, 2017 ...We show that the strength of both CO2–H2 and CO2–CH4 collision-induced absorption (CIA) has previously been significantly underestimated. Contrary to previous expectations, methane could have acted as a powerful greenhouse gas on early Mars due to CO2–CH4 CIA in the critical 250–500 cm⁻¹... Onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Gaia hypothesis » reaching quite regular low and high margins. Lovelock has also hypothesised that methanogens produced elevated levels of methane in the early atmosphere, giving a view similar to ....Mars is lifeless (1988) ....Gaia book that even that is not true; given the possibilities, the biosphere may multiply in the future by colonizing. Courses.seas.harvard.edu

A Martian Paradox: Curiosity Rover Findings Raise New Questions ... » Feb 9, 2017 ...Another possibility, as reported last month, is that bursts of methane may have helped to keep the early Martian atmosphere warm enough for water. ...assistant professor of environmental science and engineering at Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), and first... Americaspace.com

The Methane Habitable Zone - Astrobiology Magazine » Nov 10, 2011 ...On the other hand there is another point of view that says there is more to the story, and that life simply works with whatever materials it has at hand. On Earth, that material is water, but on other planets it may be something else. Already we have discovered another world, in our Solar System, where rivers... Astrobio.net

Bursts of methane may have warmed early Mars | Harvard John A ... » Jan 24, 2017 ...SEAS research suggests that early Mars may have been warmed intermittently by a powerful greenhouse effect, possibly explaining the presence of water on the planet's surface. (Image courtesy of NASA). The presence of water on ancient Mars is a paradox. There's plenty of geographical evidence that... Seas.harvard.edu

Bursts of methane warmed early Mars: Study » Jan 26, 2017 ...Interactions between methane, carbon dioxide and hydrogen in the atmosphere of ancient Mars may have created warm periods that made it possible for the ... from the Harvard John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences ( SEAS) in the US suggest that early Mars may have been warmed... Delhidailynews.com

New Hints That Saturn's Moon Enceladus Could Support Alien Life ... » Apr 13, 2017 ...NASA's Saturn-exploring Cassini mission is back with another tantalizing hint that the planet's moon Enceladus might be able to support life. Not only does the icy moon have a global water ocean, a new study suggests that the ocean might even be producing a kind of food—though it's way too early to... Wired.com

Bursts of methane may have warmed early Mars | The Indian Express » Jan 25, 2017 ...Researchers from the Harvard John A Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) in the US suggest that early Mars may have been warmed intermittently by a powerful greenhouse effect. “If we understand how early Mars operated, it could tell us something about the potential for finding... Indianexpress.com