How to build a habitable planet: an interview with Charles H. Langmuir  

作　　者：Yi-Gang Xu 

机构地区：[1]Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry [2]Chinese Academy of Sciences

出　　处：《National Science Review》2024年第6期69-73,共5页国家科学评论（英文版）

摘　　要：Earth is the only known habitable planet in thesolar system.Understanding how Earth developed its unique habitability has been thefrontier ofEarth sciences and has become one ofthemain themes ofcurrent deep-spaceexplorations.What arethe decisivefactorsthatled to a habitable planet?What istherole ofsolid Earth processesin the origin of life and in modulating the surface environment?Are Earth’s habitabilitystudies relevant to current challenges that human beings face?These questions have attracted the interest of both scientists and the public alike.NSR spoketo Prof.Charles H.Langmuir from Harvard Universityin the USA,who is a solid Earth geochemist who carries out research on diverse aspects of the plate tectonic geochemical cycle,including ocean ridges,convergent margins and intraplate volcanism.Prof.Langmuir is the author of the book How to Build a Habitable Planet(www.habitableplanet.org),one of the best Earth science books published in 2012.

关 键 词：Earth TECTONIC OCEAN 

分 类 号：Q343.1[生物学—遗传学]