Edwin Kite
Resident at Astera Institute. Planetary science professor, U. Chicago. Mars terraforming, Early Mars, rocky exoplanets. sseh.uchicago.edu
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- On marsterraforming.substack.com: "An open-source particle screening tool for Mars warming research"(also useful for modeling the effect of natural aerosols!) marsterraforming.substack.com/p/an-open-so.... Code: github.com/mars-terrafo.... Dashboard: mars-terraforming-research.github.io/TerraScreen/
- New on marsterraforming.substack.com: "A Million Fireflies in the Martian Sky? On Warming Mars Using Solar Sails", by Ari Essunfeld. Based on work by Ari Essunfeld, Yuji Takubo, and Casey Handmer. marsterraforming.substack.com/p/a-million-...
- New paper alert! Madison Turner et al., "Early thinning, late persistence, diachronous boundaries, and a regional dichotomy in Mars' young sedimentary rocks", Communications Earth and Environment: (open access link) www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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- An Introduction to Mars Terraforming, 2025 Workshop Summary arxiv.org/abs/2510.07344
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- New paper alert! Brandon Park Coy et al., "The Role of Tectonic Luck in Long-Term Habitability of Abiotic Earth-like Planets" (accepted by PSJ): arxiv.org/abs/2507.23124
- New paper: "Carbonate formation and fluctuating habitability on Mars", Nature, open access: rdcu.be/euuTb . Inspired by data from Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover
- Terraforming session @agu.org 2025 Fall Meeting: P008 - Creating sustainable habitats and ecosystems beyond Earth To submit an abstract, please visit agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...
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- Reposted by Edwin KiteHeads up: terraforming Mars isn’t just sci-fi, it’s a real possibility that’s possible with today’s technology. Mars could be green in MY lifetime. 🚀 🌼 What’s stopping us? We need a lot more real research into how to do it right. Don’t nuke Mars! 👇
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- Another video vision of terraformed Mars through the lens of Casey Handmer's Google Mars overlay: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du7j...
- A video vision of terraformed Mars through the lens of Casey Handmer's Google Mars overlay: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1lf...
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- It was fun to discuss Mars terraforming with @davidkipping.bsky.social ! Link: m.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dae...
- 🚨🚨New paper alert! "Atmospheric dynamics of first steps toward terraforming Mars", Richardson et al. 🚨🚨
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