I’m happy to let you know about the terraforming research session at the American Geophysical Union conference on 12/15-12/19 in New Orleans. The abstract submission deadline is 7/30. To submit an abstract, please visit:
SESSION P008 - Creating sustainable habitats and ecosystems beyond Earth
Conveners: Edwin Kite (Astera Institute and University of Chicago), Nina Lanza (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Robin Wordsworth (Harvard University), and Chuanfei Dong (Boston University)
If we decide in the future to create sustainable habitats and
ecosystems beyond Earth, 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 this topic is timely. We encourage
contributions on all aspects of both local and global terraforming,
including planetary atmospheres, climate modeling and climate
feedbacks, monitoring of climate change beyond Earth, spacecraft data
analysis, hydrology, soil/regolith composition and suitability (or
otherwise) for life, biogeochemistry, in-situ resource utilization,
oxygen production, ecology, and space physics and space environment
monitoring, as well as the exploration and distribution of
terraforming-relevant resources. Submissions on technologies and
techniques that support terraforming goals are also encouraged.