{"id":41386,"date":"2024-01-02T09:45:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T09:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=41386"},"modified":"2024-01-02T09:55:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T09:55:41","slug":"habitable-planets-to-be-identified-with-atmospheric-co2-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/habitable-planets-to-be-identified-with-atmospheric-co2-levels\/41386\/","title":{"rendered":"Habitable planets to be identified with atmospheric CO2 levels"},"content":{"rendered":"
An international team of researchers have found that atmospheric CO2 levels hold the key to discovering habitable planets.<\/h2>\n
The team aims to find habitable planets and potentially life itself by comparing the amount of carbon dioxide in their atmosphere to neighbouring planets.<\/p>\n
Compared to neighbouring planets, if a planet has a reduced amount of CO2 in its atmosphere, it suggests the presence of liquid water on the surface. The researchers can infer that a drop in carbon dioxide levels is a result of being dissolved into an ocean or sequestrated by planetary biomass.<\/p>\n