"Now that an Earth-like planet has been found orbiting Gilese 581, what plans does NASA have to explore the possibilities of life on this planet?"
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Erwin Project
Project Investigators: Douglas Erwin
Other Project Members
Douglas Erwin (No Role Selected)Astrobiology Roadmap Objectives:
- Objective 4.2: Foundations of complex life
- Objective 6.1: Environmental changes and the cycling of elements by the biota, communities, and ecosystems
Project Progress
I have one manuscript in press and another submitted which develop initial models of feedback processes associated with evolutionary diversification. One paper published earlier this year in Trends in Ecology and Evolution provides the first discussion of the possible macroevolutionary impact on biodiversity of niche construction and ecosystem engineering.
- Editor: Wendy Dolci
- NASA Official: Wendy Dolci
- Last Updated August 26, 2009