Searching for habitability on Venus and exoplanets
- ๐ค Speaker: Oliver Shorttle, University of Cambridge
- ๐ Date & Time: Wednesday 08 May 2024, 14:00 - 15:00
- ๐ Venue: Wolfson Lecture Theatre
Abstract
Venus today presents a type example of how habitability can fail to persist on a planet: rocky and to a first order overwhelmingly Earth-like, but with a climate profoundly hostile to lifeโs complex molecular machinery. But, was it always like this and will we know a Venus from an Earth when we see one elsewhere in the galaxy? This talk investigates what evidence there may be to constrain Venusโs past climate state, and relates this to the frontier of our search for habitable conditions on exoplanets.
Series This talk is part of the Bullard Laboratories Wednesday Seminars series.
Included in Lists
- Bullard Laboratories Wednesday Seminars
- Department of Earth Sciences seminars
- Wolfson Lecture Theatre
Note: Ex-directory lists are not shown.
![[Talks.cam]](/static/images/talkslogosmall.gif)

Oliver Shorttle, University of Cambridge
Wednesday 08 May 2024, 14:00-15:00