Life on Earth and other Planetary Bodies
This volume covers aspects of life on Earth with all its diversity and the possibilities of extraterrestrial life. It presents contributions by experts from 20 countries who discuss astrobiology emphasizing life “as we know it” to extraterrestrial places. In the chapters on life in the Cosmos, the a...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2012.
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| Σειρά: | Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology,
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- List of Contributors
- Pathways to Life on Earth and Other Planetary Bodies
- Terestrial Halophylies, Evaporite Environments and The Search for Life on Mars
- Vescicular Basalts as a Niche for Microbial Life
- Molecules Between the Stars
- Prokaryotic Communities Below Planetary Surfaces and Their Involvement In The Nitrogen Cycle
- Life Without Water: The Sleeping Chironomid and Other Anhydrobiotic Invertebrates and their Utilization in Astrobiology
- Habitability and Cosmic Catastrophes
- Glaciopanspermia: Seeding the Terrestrial Planets with Life?
- Chemical Evolution In Primeval Seas
- Terrestiral Analogues for Early Planetary Oceans: Niuafo‘Ou Caldera Lakes (Tonga) and their Geology, Water Chemistry and Stromatolites;
- Comparison of Environment Types with Liquid Water on Mars
- Criteria of Possible Habitability of Earth-Like Exoplanets
- Origin of the Genetic Code and Abiotic Synthesis of Organic Compounds
- Dynamical Aspects for the Earth’s Habitability
- A Dynamic Scheme to Assess Habitability of Exoplanets
- The Likelihood of Halophilic Life in the Universe
- Production of Dormant Stages and Stress Resistance of Polar Cyanobacteria
- Can the Evolution of Multicellularity be Anticipated in the Exoploration of the Solar System?
- Antarctica as Model for the Possible Emergence of Life on Europa
- The Likelihood of Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life
- The Astrobiological Potential of Polar Dunes on Mars
- Life in Earth’s Lava Caves: Implications for Life Detection on Other Planets
- Life in the Saturnian Neighborhood.
