The authors» argue that early life may perform a vital regulating function on
an early planetary environment by impacting both the planet's albedo (how much light it reflects from the sun) and the greenhouse gases present in its atmosphere.
Not exact matches
The paper is titled «Processing of meteoritic organic materials as a possible analog of
early molecular evolution in
planetary environments,» and is co-authored by Pizzarello, geologist Lynda Williams, NMR specialist Gregory Holland and graduate student Stephen Davidowski, all from ASU.
If human - induced global warming, among other factors such as human - driven pollution and human - forced overpopulation, serve decisively to precipitate the massive extinction of biodiversity, the irreversible degradation of Earth's
environment and the reckless dissipation of its resources, so as to make our
planetary home unfit for life as we know it, then is no one to bear responsibility for such a colossal wreckage as we could help to perpetrate in these
early years of Century XXI?