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This conference will deal with fundamental issues of planetary habitability, i.e. the environmental conditions capable of sustaining life, and how interactions between the interior of a planet or a moon and its atmosphere and surface (including hydrosphere and biosphere) affect the habitability of the celestial body.

It will address some hotly debated questions in the field including the following:

• What effects do core and mantle have on evolution and habitability of planets?
• What is the relation between (plate) tectonics and atmospheric evolution?
• What role does the mantle overturn play in the evolution of the interior and atmosphere?
• What is the role of the global carbon and water cycles herein?
• What influence do comet and asteroid impacts exert on the evolution of the planet?
• How does life interact with the evolution of Earth’s geosphere and atmosphere?
• How can we use our knowledge of the solar system geophysics and habitability for exoplanets? 

More information

Please consult the website www.egu-galileo.eu/gc2-habitability/ for further information.