A Climatic Investigation of Ammonia as a Remote Biosignature II

Ammonia has been considered as a potential atmospheric biosignature on rocky planets with atmospheres primarily composed of nitrogen and hydrogen, dubbed "Cold Haber Worlds". Previous research suggests that enough ammonia could be produced on these planets to be detectable from Earth, but these efforts have not quantified their long-term habitability. Here, we analyze climate model simulations of such atmospheres, including their composition and surface temperatures, and discuss questions related to the lifetime of high-hydrogen atmospheres. During the 2020 Undergraduate Exhibition, the authors of this poster won the University Library Awards for Information Literacy - John Sr. and Kimlyn Patishnock Grand Prize.

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Work Title A Climatic Investigation of Ammonia as a Remote Biosignature II
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Creators
  1. Evan Latham Sneed
  2. Rebecca Caitlin Payne
  3. James Kasting
Keyword
  1. exhibition
  2. John Sr.
  3. exoplanet
  4. Kimlyn
  5. Information Literacy
  6. ammonia
  7. nitrogen
  8. atmosphere
  9. award
  10. haber
  11. hydrogen
  12. undergraduate
  13. astrobiology
  14. Patishnock
License CC BY 4.0 (Attribution)
Work Type Poster
Publication Date April 15, 2020
Subject
  1. Planetary science
  2. Astrobiology
  3. Atmospheric chemistry
Language
  1. English
DOI doi:10.26207/ampx-ph42
Geographic Area
  1. University Park, Pennsylvania, United States
Deposited April 30, 2020

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