NAI
James Kasting
Pennsylvania State University
Current Projects
- Composition of the Oceans and Atmosphere: Proxy Development — 2016 NAI
- Task A: Solar System Analogs for Extrasolar Planetary Processes and Observations — 2016 NAI
- ALTERNATIVE EARTH 3 - Oxygen Stasis and the Rise of Eukaryotes — 2015 NAI
- Stellar Effects on Planetary Habitability and the Limits of the Habitable Zone — 2015 NAI
- Understanding Past Environments on Earth and Mars — 2015 NAI
- Coupled Energy Balance Ecosystem-Atmosphere Modeling of Thermodynamically-Constrained Biogenic Gas Fluxes Project — 2014 NAI
- Understanding the Early Mars Environment — 2014 NAI
- Understanding Past Earth Environments — 2014 NAI
- Stellar Effects on Planetary Habitability and the Limits of the Habitable Zone — 2014 NAI
- Biosignatures in Extraterrestrial Settings — 2014 NAI
- Biosignatures in Ancient Rocks - Kasting Group — 2014 NAI
- Biosignatures in Ancient Rocks - Kasting Group — 2013 NAI
- Stellar Effects on Planetary Habitability and the Limits of the Habitable Zone — 2013 NAI
- Understanding the Early Mars Environment — 2013 NAI
- Understanding Past Earth Environments — 2013 NAI
- Biosignatures in Extraterrestrial Settings — 2013 NAI
- Biosignatures in Extraterrestrial Settings — 2012 NAI
- Dynamical Effects on Planetary Habitability — 2012 NAI
- Understanding Past Earth Environments — 2012 NAI
- Stellar Radiative Effects on Planetary Habitability — 2012 NAI
- Understanding the Early Mars Environment — 2012 NAI
- Biosignatures in Ancient Rocks — 2012 NAI
- Biosignatures in Ancient Rocks — 2011 NAI
- Postdoctoral Fellow Report: Mark Claire — 2011 NAI
- Understanding Past Earth Environments — 2011 NAI
- Super-Earth Atmospheres — 2011 NAI
- Dynamical Effects on Planetary Habitability — 2011 NAI
- Understanding the Early Mars Environment — 2011 NAI
- Stellar Radiative Effects on Planetary Habitability — 2011 NAI
- Earth as an Extrasolar Planet — 2011 NAI
- Detectability of Biosignatures — 2011 NAI
- Biosignatures in Extraterrestrial Settings — 2011 NAI
- Postdoctoral Fellow Report: Mark Claire — 2010 NAI
- Detectability of Biosignatures — 2010 NAI
- Earth as an Extrasolar Planet — 2010 NAI
- Stellar Effects on Planetary Habitability — 2010 NAI
- Understanding Past Earth Environments — 2010 NAI
- Understanding the Early Mars Environment — 2010 NAI
- Biosignatures in Extraterrestrial Settings — 2010 NAI
- Biosignatures in Ancient Rocks — 2010 NAI
- Postdoctoral Fellow Report: Mark Claire — 2009 NAI
- Detectability of Biosignatures — 2009 NAI
- Biosignatures in Extraterrestrial Settings — 2009 NAI
- Biosignatures in Ancient Rocks — 2009 NAI
- Hydrodynamic Escape From Planetary Atmospheres — 2009 NAI
- Stellar Effects on Planetary Habitability — 2009 NAI
- Understanding the Early Mars Environment — 2009 NAI
- Understanding Past Earth Environments — 2009 NAI
- Effects of Stellar Flares on Atmospheres of Habitable Planets — 2008 NAI
- Planetary Habitability — 2008 NAI
- Modeling Early Earth Environments — 2008 NAI
- Modeling Early Atmospheric Composition and Climate — 2008 NAI
- Modeling Early Atmospheric Composition and Climate (Kasting) — 2007 NAI
- The Astrophysical Environment and Planetary and Lunar Habitability — 2006 NAI
- A 1-D Climate Model for Extrasolar Terrestrial Planets — 2006 NAI
- The Abiotic Planetary Model: The Upper and Lower Boundary Condition on the Atmosphere — 2006 NAI
- Modeling Early Atmospheric Composition and Climate (Kasting) — 2006 NAI
- Understanding the Earth's Early Environment — 2006 NAI
- Characterization of Terrestrial Planets From Disk-Averaged Spectra: Earths Around Other Stars — 2006 NAI
- The Virtual Planetary Laboratory - The Life Modules — 2006 NAI
- Characterization of Terrestrial Planets From Disk-Averaged Spectra: Earths Around Other Stars — 2005 NAI
- The Virtual Planetary Laboratory - The Life Modules — 2005 NAI
- Modeling Early Atmospheric Composition and Climate — 2005 NAI
- Modeling Early Atmospheric Composition and Climate_Kasting — 2004 NAI
- The Virtual Planetary Laboratory - The Life Modules — 2004 NAI
- Chemistry Models for Extrasolar Planets — 2004 NAI
- Characterization of Terrestrial Planets From Disk-Averaged Spectra: Earths Around Other Stars — 2004 NAI
- Simulating Planets Around F, G, K, and M Stars_Kasting — 2004 NAI
- Modeling Early Atmospheric Composition and Climate — 2003 NAI
- Characterization of Terrestrial Planets From Disk-Averaged Spectra: Spectroscopic Studies to Understand Detectability and Habitability. — 2003 NAI
- The Virtual Planetary Laboratory - the Life Modules — 2003 NAI
- Chemistry Models for Extrasolar Planets — 2003 NAI
- Habitable Planets — 2003 NAI
- Evolution of Atmospheric O2, Climate, and Biosphere - Katherine H. Freeman — 2002 NAI
- Biosignatures for Earth-Like Planets Around Different Types of Stars — 2002 NAI
- Habitable Planets — 2002 NAI
- Environment of Prebiotic Earth and the Origin of Life: Experimental Approach — 2002 NAI
- Evolution of Atmospheric O2, Climate, and Biosphere - James F. Kasting — 2002 NAI
- Habitable Planets — 2001 NAI
- Environment of Prebiotic Earth and the Origin of Life: Experimental Approach — 2001 NAI
- Evolution of Atmospheric O2, Climate, and the Terrestrial Biosphere - James Kasting — 2001 NAI
- Astronomical Detection of Biosignatures From Extrasolar Planets — 2001 NAI
- The Environment of Prebiotic Earth: Theoretical Approach — 2000 NAI
- "Alien Hunting" on What's in the News — 2000 NAI
- Astrobiology Education and Public Outreach — 2000 NAI
- Habitable Planets — 2000 NAI
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Publications
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Domagal-Goldman, S. D., Meadows, V. S., Claire, M. W., & Kasting, J. F. (2011). Using Biogenic Sulfur Gases as Remotely Detectable Biosignatures on Anoxic Planets. Astrobiology, 11(5), 419–441. doi:10.1089/ast.2010.0509
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Haqq-Misra, J., Kasting, J. F., & Lee, S. (2011). Availability of O 2 and H 2 O 2 on Pre-Photosynthetic Earth. Astrobiology, 11(4), 293–302. doi:10.1089/ast.2010.0572
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Kasting, J. F. (2010). Early Earth: Faint young Sun redux. Nature, 464(7289), 687–689. doi:10.1038/464687a
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Kasting, J. F. (2013). What caused the rise of atmospheric O2?. Chemical Geology, 362, 13–25. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.05.039
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Kasting, J. F. (2014). Modeling the Archean Atmosphere and Climate. Treatise on Geochemistry, None, 157–175. doi:10.1016/b978-0-08-095975-7.01306-1
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Kasting, J. F. (2014). Modeling the Archean Atmosphere and Climate. Treatise on Geochemistry, None, 157–175. doi:10.1016/b978-0-08-095975-7.01306-1
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Kasting, J. F., & Canfield, D. E. (2012). The Global Oxygen Cycle. Fundamentals of Geobiology, None, 93–104. doi:10.1002/9781118280874.ch7
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Kasting, J. F., & Canfield, D. E. (2012). The Global Oxygen Cycle. Fundamentals of Geobiology, None, 93–104. doi:10.1002/9781118280874.ch7
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Roberson, A. L., Roadt, J., Halevy, I., & Kasting, J. F. (2011). Greenhouse warming by nitrous oxide and methane in the Proterozoic Eon. Geobiology, 9(4), 313–320. doi:10.1111/j.1472-4669.2011.00286.x
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Segura, A., Walkowicz, L. M., Meadows, V., Kasting, J., & Hawley, S. (2010). The Effect of a Strong Stellar Flare on the Atmospheric Chemistry of an Earth-like Planet Orbiting an M Dwarf. Astrobiology, 10(7), 751–771. doi:10.1089/ast.2009.0376
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Tian, F., Claire, M. W., Haqq-Misra, J. D., Smith, M., Crisp, D. C., Catling, D., … Kasting, J. F. (2010). Photochemical and climate consequences of sulfur outgassing on early Mars. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 295(3-4), 412–418. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.04.016
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Tian, F., Kasting, J. F., & Solomon, S. C. (2009). Thermal escape of carbon from the early Martian atmosphere. Geophysical Research Letters, 36(2), n/a–n/a. doi:10.1029/2008gl036513
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Tian, F., Kasting, J. F., & Zahnle, K. (2011). Revisiting HCN formation in Earth’s early atmosphere. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 308(3-4), 417–423. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.06.011
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Zahnle, K., Haberle, R. M., Catling, D. C., & Kasting, J. F. (2008). Photochemical instability of the ancient Martian atmosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113(E11), None. doi:10.1029/2008je003160
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Zugger, M. E., Kasting, J. F., Williams, D. M., Kane, T. J., & Philbrick, C. R. (2010). LIGHT SCATTERING FROM EXOPLANET OCEANS AND ATMOSPHERES. The Astrophysical Journal, 723(2), 1168–1179. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/723/2/1168
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Zugger, M. E., Kasting, J. F., Williams, D. M., Kane, T. J., & Philbrick, C. R. (2011). SEARCHING FOR WATER EARTHS IN THE NEAR-INFRARED. The Astrophysical Journal, 739(1), 12. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/739/1/12
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Zugger, M. E., Kasting, J. F., Williams, D. M., Kane, T. J., & Russell Philbrick, C. (2011). ERRATUM: “LIGHT SCATTERING FROM EXOPLANET OCEANS AND ATMOSPHERES” (2010, ApJ, 723, 1168). The Astrophysical Journal, 739(1), 55. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/739/1/55
See Project - Claire, M. & Kasting, J. (2010). ``Variations in the Magnitude of Non Mass Dependent Sulfur Fractionation in the Archean Atmosphere”. See Project
- Claire, M. & Kasting, J. (2010a). The Magnitude of Atmospheric Sulfur Mass-Independent Fractionation. ABSciCon. Houston, TX. See Project
- Claire, M. & Kasting, J. (2010b). Variations in the Magnitude of Non Mass Dependent Sulfur Fractionation in the Archean Atmosphere’. Goldschmidt. Knoxville, TN. See Project
- Claire, M. & Kasting, J.F. (2010). Variations in the magnitude of non mass dependent sulfur fractionation in the Archean atmosphere. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 14: 03. See Project See Project
- Domagal-Goldman, S., Kasting, J. & Meadows, V. (2008). Examining the Ability of Sulfur-Bearing Gases to act as Biosignatures on Anoxic Planets. AGU Fall Meeting 2008. San Francisco. See Project
- Domagal-Goldman, S., Meadows, V.S., Kasting, J. & Claire, M. (2010). Astronomical Biosignatures for Sulfur-Rich Anoxic Biospheres. See Project
- Domagal-Goldman, S.D., Kasting, J.F. & Meadows, V.S. (2008). Examining the ability of sulfur-bearing gases to act as biosignatures on anoxic planets. EOS, Transactions of AGU. See Project
- Güdel, M. & Kasting, J.F. (In Press). The young Sun and its influence on planetary atmospheres. In: Gargaud, M., Lopez-Garcia, P. & Martin, H. (Eds.). Origin of Life: an Astrobiology Perspective. Cambridge Univ. Press. See Project See Project See Project
- Kasting, J. & Haqq-Misra, J. (2009). Gaia Through Time: The Coevolution of Life and Climate. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, CA. See Project
- Kasting, J.F. (2010). Early Mars was warm. Astrobiology Science Conf. Houston. See Project
- Kasting, J.F. (2010). How to Find a Habitable Planet. In: Press, P.U. (Eds.). See Project
- Kasting, J.F. (2010). How to Find a Habitable Planet. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University. See Project
- Kasting, J.F. (2010). How to find a habitable planet, in Pathways Towards Habitable Planets. ASP Conf. Series. Astron. Soc. Pacific, San Francisco. See Project
- Kasting, J.F. (2010). Stellar radiative effects on habitable zones. Workshop on Redefining the Habitable Zone. Seattle, WA. See Project See Project
- Kasting, J.F. (In Press). How to find a habitable planet. In: Ribas, I. (Eds.). Pathways Towards Habitable Planets. See Project
- Kasting, J.F. (In Press). How to find a habitable planet. Pathways Towards Habitable Planets. See Project
- Kasting, J.F. (In Press). The global O2 cycle, in Fundamentals of Geobiology, K. Konhauser, A. Knoll, and D. Canfield. In: Blackwell (Eds.). See Project
- Kasting, J.F. (In Press). The global O2 cycle. In: Konhauser, K., Knoll, A. & Canfield, D. (Eds.). Fundamentals of Geobiology. Blackwell. See Project
- Kopparapu, R.K., Kasting, J.F. & Zahnle, K.J. (In Preparation). Habitable Zones Around Low Mass Stars. See Project
- Meadows, V.S., Claire, M.W., Domagal-Goldman, S.D., Allen, M., Anbar, A.D., Barnes, R., Boss, A., Kasting, J., Kiang, N., Martin-Torres, J., Robinson, T.D., Sleep, N., Som, S., Sparks, W. & Williams, D.M. (2009). The Search for Habitable Environments and Life in the Universe. Astro2010: The Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey, Science White Papers, 201. See Project
- Ramirez, R., Kopparapu, R., Freedman, R. & Kasting, J.F. (2011, Submitted for Review). Greenhouse warming by dense CO2/CH4 atmospheres and a critique of the impact hypothesis for martian valley formation. Icarus. See Project
- Walkowicz, L.M., Segura, A., Meadows, V., Kasting, J. & Hawley, S. (2009). The Time-Dependent Effect of a Stellar Flare on Terrestrial Planet Habitability and Biosignatures. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 41: 259. See Project
- Zugger, M., Kasting, J., Williams, D., Kane, T. & Philbrick, C. (2011). Brightness and Polarization of Extrasolar Planet Oceans and Atmospheres. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. See Project
- Zugger, M., Kasting, J.F., Williams, D.M., Kane, T.J. & Philbrick, C.R. (2011). Light Scattering from Exoplanet Oceans and Atmospheres. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. See Project
- Zugger, M., Williams, D.M. & Kasting, J.F. (2010). Polarization of Starlight by Exoplanet Oceans. Astrobiology Science Conference 2010. League City, Texas. See Project
- Zugger, M.E., Kasting, J.F., Williams, D.M., Kane, T.J. & Philbrick, C.R. (In Press). Simulated light curves from ocean and Lambertian exoplanets with Rayleigh-scattering atmospheres. Ap. J. See Project
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Discipline
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Past NAI Teams
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Pennsylvania State University
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VPL at University of Washington
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VPL at University of Washington
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Pennsylvania State University
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University of California, Riverside
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Virtual Planetary Laboratory (JPL/CalTech)
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NASA Ames Research Center
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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Pennsylvania State University
CAN 1