Setting the stage: Building and maintaining a habitable world and the early conditions that could favor life's beginnings on Earth and beyond
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| author | Jones, Christopher K Leung, Michaela Tu, Chenyi Ebadirad, Saleheh Marshall, Nate Tan, Lin Lyons, Tim |
| author_facet | Jones, Christopher K Leung, Michaela Tu, Chenyi Ebadirad, Saleheh Marshall, Nate Tan, Lin Lyons, Tim |
| contents | The Hadean, once thought to be uninhabitable and tumultuous, has more recently been recontextualized as a clement time in which oceans, land, and life likely appeared on Earth. This non-exhaustive chapter follows multiple threads from planet formation to the origin of life. We place significant emphasis on the solar system context for the Earth, the timing and nature of crustal formation and the evolution of the surface and atmosphere. Several scenarios for prebiotic chemistry are also discussed including atmospheric photochemistry, wet-dry and freeze-thaw cycles, and hydrothermal vent systems. We attempt to draw connections between the large-scale, planetary processes and various origin of life pathways to illustrate possible overlaps and correlations. In detail, we conclude with and discuss the "impact of impacts" to show how asteroid and comet impacts during the Hadean may have affected many of these processes and scenarios, from generating land to altering the chemical composition and oxidation state of the early Earth's atmosphere and surface. |
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| spellingShingle | Setting the stage: Building and maintaining a habitable world and the early conditions that could favor life's beginnings on Earth and beyond Jones, Christopher K Leung, Michaela Tu, Chenyi Ebadirad, Saleheh Marshall, Nate Tan, Lin Lyons, Tim Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics Geophysics The Hadean, once thought to be uninhabitable and tumultuous, has more recently been recontextualized as a clement time in which oceans, land, and life likely appeared on Earth. This non-exhaustive chapter follows multiple threads from planet formation to the origin of life. We place significant emphasis on the solar system context for the Earth, the timing and nature of crustal formation and the evolution of the surface and atmosphere. Several scenarios for prebiotic chemistry are also discussed including atmospheric photochemistry, wet-dry and freeze-thaw cycles, and hydrothermal vent systems. We attempt to draw connections between the large-scale, planetary processes and various origin of life pathways to illustrate possible overlaps and correlations. In detail, we conclude with and discuss the "impact of impacts" to show how asteroid and comet impacts during the Hadean may have affected many of these processes and scenarios, from generating land to altering the chemical composition and oxidation state of the early Earth's atmosphere and surface. |
| title | Setting the stage: Building and maintaining a habitable world and the early conditions that could favor life's beginnings on Earth and beyond |
| topic | Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics Geophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.23344 |