OoL digest — June 9
This week we have 14 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!
Astrobiology
Detecting Atmospheric CO2 Trends as Population-Level Signatures for Long-Term Stable Water Oceans and Biotic Activity on Temperate Terrestrial Exoplanets
Hansen et al. — preprint
Is Ozone a Reliable Proxy for Molecular Oxygen? II. The impact of N$_2$O on the O$_2$-O$_3$ relationship for Earth-like atmospheres
Kozakis et al. — preprint
Life on Venus?
Limaye — Life
Astrophysics
The NASA Exoplanet Archive and Exoplanet Follow-up Observing Program: Data, Tools, and Usage
Christiansen et al. — preprint
A temperate 10-Earth-mass exoplanet around the Sun-like star Kepler-725
Sun et al. — Nature Astronomy
Biochemistry
Amino acids catalyse RNA formation under ambient alkaline conditions
Rout et al. — Nature Communications
Chemistry
Exploring Life Detection on Mars: Understanding Challenges in DNA Amplification in Martian Regolith Analogue After Fe Ion Irradiation
Cassaro et al. — Life
Toward Unraveling Cyanopolyyne Surface Chemistry: A Preview on Isolated Systems From HC_{3}N to Ethyl Cyanide and Propylamine
Raaphorst et al. — ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
Mathematical biology
Evolution of complexity and the transition to biochemical life
Gagrani et al. — Physical Review E
Microbiology
Remarks on Life Feasibility on the Red Planet
Mancini et al. — Microorganisms
On adaptation to a mesophilic environment and the chaperone network in Archaea
Rebeaud — preprint
Survival strategies of Rhinocladiella similis in perchlorate-rich Mars like environments
dos Santos et al. — npj Microgravity
Planetary sciences
The Source of Hydrogen in Earth’s Building Blocks
Barrett et al. — Icarus