Current issue Volume 14, Number 1 April 2025
Geo Science World

The Evolution of Atmospheric Composition and Climate: Why Earth is a Habitable Planet

 by James F. Kasting
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This Geochemical Perspectives issue covers the long-term evolution of Earth's atmosphere and climate, with a particular focus on the rise of O2 and the faint young Sun problem. What we think we understand about Earth's atmosphere/climate history is then used as a guide to speculate on whether Earth-like planets might exist around other nearby stars.

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