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Maintaining Stable, Habitable Climates in Different Tectonic Regimes

A diagram of the model planet (not to scale), showing the different processes that affect the planetary surface temperature: heating from the Sun, the interior, and molten rock brought to the surface by volcanism, as well as the backscattering of thermal radiation by greenhouse gases and the heat of evaporation and turbulent exchange between surface and atmosphere. Each of these is described in more detail in the paper below.

Elizabeth Cogan

ecogan@hawk.iit.edu

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. AST-2149425, a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) grant awarded to CIERA at Northwestern University. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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