Primary Convener:
Edwin Kite, Astera Institute

Convener:
Nina Lanza, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Robin Wordsworth, Harvard University
Chuanfei Dong, Boston University

Chair:
Edwin Kite, University of Chicago
Robin Wordsworth, Harvard University
Chuanfei Dong, Boston University

If we decide in the future to create sustainable habitats and ecosystems beyond Earth, then science will have a critical role to play. As the cost of access to space continues to fall, a fresh look at the research agenda for this topic is timely. We encourage contributions on all aspects of both local and global terraforming, including planetary atmospheres, climate modeling and climate feedbacks, monitoring of climate change beyond Earth, spacecraft data analysis, hydrology, soil/regolith composition and suitability (or otherwise) for life, biogeochemistry, in-situ resource utilization, oxygen production, ecology, and space physics and space environment monitoring, as well as the exploration and distribution of terraforming-relevant resources. Submissions on technologies and techniques that support terraforming goals are also encouraged.

Index Terms
1615 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling
1620 Climate dynamics
6225 Mars
7934 Impacts on technological systems

Neighborhoods:
4. Beyond Earth

Cross-Listed:
GC - Global Environmental Change