2001 Annual Science Report
Astrobiology Roadmap Objective 12.0 Reports Reporting | JUL 2000 – JUN 2001
Roadmap Objective 12.0—Define climatological and geological effects upon the limits of habitable zones around the Sun and other stars to help define the frequency of habitable planets in the universe.
Project Reports
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The Planetary Context of Biological Evolution: Neoproterozoic-Cambrian Environmental Change and Evolution
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.0 12.0 14.0 -
Astronomical Detection of Biosignatures From Extrasolar Planets
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.0 6.0 12.0 13.0 14.0 -
Habitable Planets and Evolution of Bio-Complexity
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 2.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 11.0 12.0 14.0 -
Cosmochemistry of Carbonaceous Meteorites
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 5.0 8.0 9.0 11.0 12.0 -
Astrobiology at UCLA: An Intergrated Multidisciplinary Approach to Research and Education
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 11.0 12.0 13.0 -
Self-Replicating (BL) Molecular Systems and Darwinian Chemistry – Benner’s Laboratory
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 12.0 13.0 15.0 16.0 17.0 -
The Planetary Context of Biological Evolution: Permo-Triassic Mass Extinction and Its Consequences
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.0 12.0 14.0 -
Carbonate Globules in Igneous Rocks
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 6.0 8.0 12.0 17.0 -
Biochemistry of Archaea and Bacteria: Biochemistry of Psychrophilic Organisms
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 6.0 7.0 8.0 12.0 16.0 -
Studies in Planetary Formation and Evolution
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 8.0 9.0 11.0 12.0 -
Energetics of Life on Other Planets
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.0 8.0 9.0 12.0 -
Evolution of Atmospheric O2, Climate, and the Terrestrial Biosphere
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.0 7.0 11.0 12.0 14.0 -
Laboratory/Observational Studies of Biogenic Greenhouse Gases on the Early Earth
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.0 8.0 12.0 -
Timescale for the Evolution of Life on Earth: Molecular Evolution Approach – S. Blair Hedges
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.0 4.0 5.0 7.0 8.0 11.0 12.0 14.0 -
Biological Studies of Hydrothermal Systems
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 2.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 12.0 14.0 -
Life Beyond the Planet of Origin
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 10.0 12.0 14.0 15.0 16.0 17.0 -
The Planetary Context of Biological Evolution: The Proterozoic Oxidiation of the Earth’s Surface
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.0 12.0 -
Environmental Conditions of Early Earth
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.0 8.0 12.0 -
Habitable Planets
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 11.0 12.0 -
Setting the Stage for the Origin of Life on Earth
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 3.0 5.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 12.0 13.0 -
Coevolution of Life and Planets
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 2.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 11.0 12.0 14.0 17.0 -
Exploring Mars for Past or Present Life
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.0 8.0 11.0 12.0 -
Planetary Climates
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.0 8.0 11.0 12.0 15.0 -
Exploring for Habitable Environments on Europa
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.0 9.0 12.0 -
Role of Impacts in the Origin, Distribution & Evolution of Life
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.0 12.0 14.0 -
Evolution of Atmospheric O2, Climate, and the Terrestrial Biosphere – H. Ohmoto
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 1.0 2.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 10.0 12.0 14.0 15.0 -
Causes and Consequences of the Diversification and Extinction of Metazoans: Neoproteroozoic Variations in Carbon and Sulfur Cycling
ROADMAP OBJECTIVES: 5.0 12.0 14.0