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High pCO2 Reduces Sensitivity to CO2 Perturbations on Temperate, Earth-like Planets Throughout Most of Habitable Zone
Astrobiology ( IF 3.5 ) Pub Date : 2021-10-28 , DOI: 10.1089/ast.2020.2411
Robert J Graham 1
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The nearly logarithmic radiative impact of CO2 means that planets near the outer edge of the liquid water habitable zone (HZ) require ∼106 × more CO2 to maintain temperatures that are conducive to standing liquid water on the planetary surface than their counterparts near the inner edge. This logarithmic radiative response also means that atmospheric CO2 changes of a given mass will have smaller temperature effects on higher pCO2 planets. Ocean pH is linked to atmospheric pCO2 through seawater carbonate speciation and calcium carbonate dissolution/precipitation, and the response of pH to changes in pCO2 also decreases at higher initial pCO2. Here, we use idealized climate and ocean chemistry models to demonstrate that CO2 perturbations large enough to cause catastrophic changes to surface temperature and ocean pH on temperate, low-pCO2 planets in the innermost region of the HZ are likely to have much smaller effects on planets with higher pCO2, as may be the case for terrestrial planets with active carbonate-silicate cycles receiving less instellation than the Earth. Major bouts of extraterrestrial fossil fuel combustion or volcanic CO2 outgassing on high-pCO2 planets in the mid-to-outer HZ should have mild or negligible impacts on surface temperature and ocean pH. Owing to low pCO2, Phanerozoic Earth's surface environment may be unusually volatile compared with similar planets receiving lower instellation.

中文翻译:

高 pCO2 降低了大部分宜居带温带类地行星对 CO2 扰动的敏感性

CO 2的近对数辐射影响意味着靠近液态水宜居带 (HZ) 外边缘的行星需要大约 10 6 倍的 CO 2来维持有利于行星表面液态水存在的温度,而不是附近的行星。内边缘。这种对数辐射响应也意味着给定质量的大气 CO 2变化对较高 pCO 2行星的温度影响较小。海洋 pH 值通过海水碳酸盐形态和碳酸钙溶解/沉淀与大气 pCO 2相关,并且 pH 值对 pCO 2变化的响应在初始 pCO 2较高时也会降低. 在这里,我们使用理想化的气候和海洋化学模型来证明,足够大的CO 2扰动足以导致HZ 最内层温带、低 pCO 2行星的表面温度和海洋 pH 值发生灾难性变化,其影响可能要小得多在具有较高 pCO 2 的行星上,对于具有活跃碳酸盐-硅酸盐循环的类地行星而言,接收星象的数量可能少于地球。外星化石燃料燃烧或火山 CO 2在中到外 HZ 的高 pCO 2行星上的主要发作对地表温度和海洋 pH 值的影响应该很小或可以忽略不计。由于 pCO 2, 与接收较低星群的类似行星相比,显生宙地球的表面环境可能异常不稳定。
更新日期:2021-11-02
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