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SUMMARY:Atmospheric Chemistry and Biochemistry of Venus and Venus-like Exo
 planet - Sean Jordan\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20220209T131500Z
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CONTACT:Francisco Paz-C
DESCRIPTION:Venus and Earth are astrophysically indistinguishable yet poss
 ess divergent climates. Being able to identify a Venus-like exoplanet will
  be paramount as we begin to characterise the atmospheres of small rocky w
 orlds. Moreover\, whilst Venusian surface conditions are hostile to life\,
  the permanent global cloud layer intersects the region of the atmosphere 
 where pressure-temperature conditions would be suitable to life\, and this
  has led to suggestions of a possible aerial biosphere in the clouds. In t
 his talk I will present a chemically self-consistent model of the atmosphe
 re of Venus and discuss two applications of this model: simulating photoch
 emistry of Venus-like exoplanets around M- and K- Dwarf host stars\, and t
 esting metabolisms that have been proposed for hypothetical microbial life
  in the Venusian cloud layer.
LOCATION:The Hoyle Lecture Theatre + Zoom 
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