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| DOI | 10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.02.008 |
| Is Earth special? | |
| Waltham D. | |
| 发表日期 | 2019 |
| ISSN | 00128252 |
| 起始页码 | 445 |
| 结束页码 | 470 |
| 卷号 | 192 |
| 英文摘要 | Peculiar conditions may be required for the origin of life and/or the evolution of complex organisms. Hence, Earth attributes—such as plate-tectonics, oceans, magnetism and a large moon—may be necessary preconditions, for our own existence, that are rare in the general population of planets. The unknown magnitude of this observational bias undermines understanding of our planet. However the discovery and characterization of exoplanets, along with advances in mathematical modelling of Earth systems, now allow this “anthropic selection” effect to be more thoroughly evaluated than before. This paper looks at a number of properties of our Solar System and our planet. It examines their possible benefits for life, whether these properties might be rare, whether they required fine-tuning and whether they have an associated habitability-lifetime. It also discusses additional data likely to become available in the near future. None of the individual properties considered show convincing evidence for anthropic bias. However, the time-scales associated with habitability— in particular, those associated with solar-warming, with axial stability and with planetary-cooling—are surprisingly similar and this provides tentative support for the view that Earth may be special. © 2019 Elsevier B.V. |
| 关键词 | Anthropic selectionExoplanetsHabitabilityHabitable lifetimeLarge moonsMagnetismOceansPlate tectonics |
| 英文关键词 | geomagnetism; habitat selection; human activity; Moon; ocean; origin of life; planet; plate tectonics |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 来源期刊 | Earth Science Reviews
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/203582 |
| 作者单位 | Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Waltham D.. Is Earth special?[J],2019,192. |
| APA | Waltham D..(2019).Is Earth special?.Earth Science Reviews,192. |
| MLA | Waltham D.."Is Earth special?".Earth Science Reviews 192(2019). |
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