Simulating biosignatures from pre-oxygen photosynthesizing life on TRAPPIST-1e

ABSTRACT In order to assess observational evidence for potential atmospheric biosignatures on exoplanets, it will be essential to test whether spectral fingerprints from multiple gases can be explained by abiotic or biotic-only processes. Here, we develop and apply a coupled 1D atmosphere-ocean-ecos...

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Published in:Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2024-05, Vol.531 (1), p.468-494
Main Authors: Eager-Nash, Jake K, Daines, Stuart J, McDermott, James W, Andrews, Peter, Grain, Lucy A, Bishop, James, Rogers, Aaron A, Smith, Jack W G, Khalek, Chadiga, Boxer, Thomas J, Mak, Mei Ting, Ridgway, Robert J, Hébrard, Eric, Lambert, F Hugo, Lenton, Timothy M, Mayne, Nathan J
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