Terraforming research session at American Geophysical Union (San Francisco) conference: abstract submission deadline 8/5

[Edwin Kite]

Dear colleagues,

I'm happy to let you know about the terraforming research session at the American Geophysical Union conference on 12/7-12/11 in San Francisco. The abstract submission deadline is 8/5. To submit an abstract, please visit:

https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu26/prelim.cgi/Session/279867

Session P003 - Creating sustainable habitats and ecosystems beyond Earth

If we decide in the future to create sustainable habitats and
ecosystems beyond Earth, enlarging our environmental responsibilities,
then science will have a critical role to play. As the cost of access
to space continues to fall, a fresh look at the research agenda for
creating sustainable habitats and ecosystems is timely and necessary.
We encourage contributions on all aspects of either local terraforming
or global terraforming on or beyond Earth, including planetary
atmospheres, climate modeling and climate feedbacks, monitoring of
climate change beyond Earth, spacecraft data analysis, hydrology,
soil/regolith composition, soil and regolith characterization and
remediation for biological suitability, biogeochemistry, in-situ
resource utilization for environmental control and life-support,
oxygen production, ecology, and space physics, as well as the
exploration and distribution of terraforming-relevant resources.
Submissions on technologies and techniques that support applied
astrobiology goals are particularly encouraged.

Conveners: Edwin Kite, Nils Averesch, and Chuanfei Dong

Best,

Edwin

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Edwin Kite
Resident at Astera Institute, Associate Professor at U. Chicago. 

http://sseh.uchicago.edu / 510-717-5205