Planetary Habitability 1st Edition – PDF/EPUB Version Downloadable

Understanding planetary
habitability is one of the major challenges of the current scientific era, and
is a vast inter-disciplinary undertaking that combines planetary science,
climate science, and stellar astrophysics. This book provides an overview of
the many processes that influence the energy balance of planetary surface
environments and control the sustainability of temperate conditions. These
factors include such aspects as the influence of stars, the atmospheres and
interiors or planets, and the orbital dynamics of planetary systems. Also
described are the concepts behind the habitable zone, lessons learned from solar system data, and the vast opportunities that are provided by exoplanet
discoveries, both now and into the future.

Key
Features:

• Summarises current exoplanet discoveries relevant to
  habitability

• Aimed at graduate students and researchers with an interest in
  exoplanets and astrobiology

• Describes the primary factors that influence the habitability of
  a planet

• Emphasises the need for in situ data in our solar system

• Covers the degeneracy of geosignatures and biosignatures