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20202025
most citedCoevolution of primitive methane cycling ecosystems and early Earth atmosphere and climate

52 citations · 84 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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5 papers

astro-ph.EP2025

A Terminology and Quantitative Framework for Assessing the Habitability of Solar System and Extraterrestrial Worlds

Daniel Apai, Rory Barnes, Matthew M. Murphy +13

The search for extraterrestrial life in the Solar System and beyond is a key science driver in astrobiology, planetary science, and astrophysics. A critical step is the identificat…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 1 cited

Bioverse: Potentially Observable Exoplanet Biosignature Patterns Under the UV Threshold Hypothesis for the Origin of Life

Martin Schlecker, Dániel Apai, Antonin Affholder +5

A wide variety of scenarios for the origin of life have been proposed, with many influencing the prevalence and distribution of biosignatures across exoplanet populations. This rel…

astro-ph.EP2024

Interior convection regime, host star luminosity, and predicted atmospheric CO2 abundance in terrestrial exoplanets

Antonin Affholder, Stéphane Mazevet, Boris Sauterey +2

Terrestrial planets in the Habitable Zone of Sun-like stars are priority targets for detection and observation by the next generation of space telescopes. Earth's long-term habitab…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 31 cited

Early Mars' habitability and global cooling by H2-based methanogens

Boris Sauterey, Benjamin Charnay, Antonin Affholder +2

During the Noachian, Mars' crust may have provided a favorable environment for microbial life. The porous brine-saturated regolith would have created a physical space sheltered fro…

q-bio.PE2020★ 52 cited

Coevolution of primitive methane cycling ecosystems and early Earth atmosphere and climate

Boris Sauterey, Benjamin Charnay, Antonin Affholder +2

The history of the Earth has been marked by major ecological transitions, driven by metabolic innovation, that radically reshaped the composition of the oceans and atmosphere. The…