Is the Faint Young Sun Problem for Earth Solved?

Atmospheric CO2 levels from 2.7 billion years ago inferred from micrometeorite oxidation

(2020) O. R. Lehmer et al.   Science Advances

The Archean atmosphere

(2020) David C. Catling et al.   Science Advances

Co-evolution of primitive methane-cycling ecosystems and early Earth’s atmosphere and climate

(2020) Boris Sauterey et al.   Nature Communications

Possible climate transitions from breakup of stratocumulus decks under greenhouse warming

(2019) Tapio Schneider et al.   Nature Geoscience

Constraints on hydrogen levels in the Archean atmosphere based on detrital magnetite

(2019) Shintaro Kadoya et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Salinity of the Archaean oceans from analysis of fluid inclusions in quartz

(2018) Bernard Marty et al.   COMPTES RENDUS GEOSCIENCE

Evolution of atmospheric xenon and other noble gases inferred from Archean to Paleoproterozoic rocks

(2018) G. Avice et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

SIMS microanalysis of the Strelley Pool Formation cherts and the implications for the secular-temporal oxygen-isotope trend of cherts

(2018) J.N. Cammack et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Constraining the climate and ocean pH of the early Earth with a geological carbon cycle model

(2018) Joshua Krissansen-Totton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Rates of generation and growth of the continental crust

(2018) Chris Hawkesworth et al.   Geoscience Frontiers

Disequilibrium biosignatures over Earth history and implications for detecting exoplanet life

(2018) Joshua Krissansen-Totton et al.   Science Advances

Triple oxygen isotope mass balance for the Earth's oceans with application to Archean cherts

(2018) Sukanya Sengupta et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Reverse weathering as a long-term stabilizer of marine pH and planetary climate

(2018) Terry T. Isson et al.   NATURE

Solar Models with Dynamic Screening and Early Mass Loss Tested by Helioseismic, Astrophysical, and Planetary Constraints

(2018) Suzannah R. Wood et al.   SOLAR PHYSICS

Aeolianite Grain Size Distributions as a Proxy for Large Changes in Planetary Atmospheric Density

(2018) Erik A. Goosmann et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Effects of atmospheric composition on apparent activation energy of silicate weathering: II. Implications for evolution of atmospheric CO2 in the Precambrian

(2018) Yoshiki Kanzaki et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Strange messenger: A new history of hydrogen on Earth, as told by Xenon

(2018) Kevin J. Zahnle et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Evaluating Climate Sensitivity to CO2 Across Earth's History

(2018) E. T. Wolf et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES

Effects of primitive photosynthesis on Earth’s early climate system

(2017) Kazumi Ozaki et al.   Nature Geoscience

Radio emission and mass loss rate limits of four young solar-type stars

(2017) Bibiana Fichtinger et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Snowball Earth climate dynamics and Cryogenian geology-geobiology

(2017) Paul F. Hoffman et al.   Science Advances

The Pale Orange Dot: The Spectrum and Habitability of Hazy Archean Earth

(2016) Giada Arney et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Modeling pN2 through Geological Time: Implications for Planetary Climates and Atmospheric Biosignatures

(2016) E.E. Stüeken et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

The Case for a Gaian Bottleneck: The Biology of Habitability

(2016) Aditya Chopra et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Analysis of a Precambrian resonance-stabilized day length

(2016) Benjamin C. Bartlett et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Earth's air pressure 2.7 billion years ago constrained to less than half of modern levels

(2016) Sanjoy M. Som et al.   Nature Geoscience

Illusory Late Heavy Bombardments

(2016) Patrick Boehnke et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Archean upper crust transition from mafic to felsic marks the onset of plate tectonics

(2016) M. Tang et al.   SCIENCE

3.5-Ga hydrothermal fields and diamictites in the Barberton Greenstone Belt--Paleoarchean crust in cold environments

(2016) M. J. de Wit et al.   Science Advances

A statistical analysis of the carbon isotope record from the Archean to Phanerozoic and implications for the rise of oxygen

(2015) J. Krissansen-Totton et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE

Alteration of ocean crust provides a strong temperature dependent feedback on the geological carbon cycle and is a primary driver of the Sr-isotopic composition of seawater

(2015) Laurence A. Coogan et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Using raindrops to constrain past atmospheric density

(2015) Lucas Kavanagh et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Estimates of atmospheric CO2 in the Neoarchean–Paleoproterozoic from paleosols

(2015) Yoshiki Kanzaki et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Isotopic evidence for biological nitrogen fixation by molybdenum-nitrogenase from 3.2 Gyr

(2015) Eva E. Stüeken et al.   NATURE

Snowball cooling after algal rise

(2015) Georg Feulner et al.   Nature Geoscience

Missing iris effect as a possible cause of muted hydrological change and high climate sensitivity in models

(2015) Thorsten Mauritsen et al.   Nature Geoscience

Clouds, circulation and climate sensitivity

(2015) Sandrine Bony et al.   Nature Geoscience

Controls on the Archean Climate System Investigated with a Global Climate Model

(2014) E.T. Wolf et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

A theoretical framework for volcanic degassing chemistry in a comparative planetology perspective and implications for planetary atmospheres

(2014) Fabrice Gaillard et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Investigating the Paleoproterozoic glaciations with 3-D climate modeling

(2014) Yoram Teitler et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

The rise of oxygen in Earth’s early ocean and atmosphere

(2014) Timothy W. Lyons et al.   NATURE

The silicon and oxygen isotope compositions of Precambrian cherts: A record of oceanic paleo-temperatures?

(2014) J. Marin-Carbonne et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Hospitable Archean Climates Simulated by a General Circulation Model

(2013) E.T. Wolf et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Abiotic Production of Methane in Terrestrial Planets

(2013) Andrés Guzmán-Marmolejo et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Improved angular momentum evolution model for solar-like stars

(2013) F. Gallet et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Effective hydrodynamic hydrogen escape from an early Earth atmosphere inferred from high-accuracy numerical simulation

(2013) Kiyoshi Kuramoto et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Evidence that low-temperature oceanic hydrothermal systems play an important role in the silicate-carbonate weathering cycle and long-term climate regulation

(2013) Laurence A. Coogan et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Contributions of Different Cloud Types to Feedbacks and Rapid Adjustments in CMIP5*

(2013) Mark D. Zelinka et al.   JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

Argon isotopic composition of Archaean atmosphere probes early Earth geodynamics

(2013) Magali Pujol et al.   NATURE

Investigating the early Earth faint young Sun problem with a general circulation model

(2013) M. Kunze et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Nitrogen Isotopic Composition and Density of the Archean Atmosphere

(2013) Bernard Marty et al.   SCIENCE

Hydrogen-Nitrogen Greenhouse Warming in Earth's Early Atmosphere

(2013) R. Wordsworth et al.   SCIENCE

Exploring the faint young Sun problem and the possible climates of the Archean Earth with a 3-D GCM

(2013) B. Charnay et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES

The global energy balance from a surface perspective

(2012) Martin Wild et al.   CLIMATE DYNAMICS

Micrometer-scale chemical and isotopic criteria (O and Si) on the origin and history of Precambrian cherts: Implications for paleo-temperature reconstructions

(2012) Johanna Marin-Carbonne et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Faint young Sun problem more severe due to ice-albedo feedback and higher rotation rate of the early Earth

(2012) Hendrik Kienert et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

3D modelling of the early martian climate under a denser CO2 atmosphere: Temperatures and CO2 ice clouds

(2012) F. Forget et al.   ICARUS

Air density 2.7 billion years ago limited to less than twice modern levels by fossil raindrop imprints

(2012) Sanjoy M. Som et al.   NATURE

A bistable organic-rich atmosphere on the Neoarchaean Earth

(2012) Aubrey L. Zerkle et al.   Nature Geoscience

First plants cooled the Ordovician

(2012) Timothy M. Lenton et al.   Nature Geoscience

Isotope composition and volume of Earth's early oceans

(2012) E. C. Pope et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The faint young Sun problem

(2012) Georg Feulner   REVIEWS OF GEOPHYSICS

A Change in the Geodynamics of Continental Growth 3 Billion Years Ago

(2012) B. Dhuime et al.   SCIENCE

THE SOLAR ENERGETIC BALANCE REVISITED BY YOUNG SOLAR ANALOGS, HELIOSEISMOLOGY, AND NEUTRINOS

(2011) Sylvaine Turck-Chièze et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

Revisiting HCN formation in Earth's early atmosphere

(2011) Feng Tian et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

The Jormungand global climate state and implications for Neoproterozoic glaciations

(2011) Dorian S. Abbot et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Mineralogical constraints on Precambrian pCO2

(2011) Christopher T. Reinhard et al.   NATURE

Faint young Sun paradox remains

(2011) Colin Goldblatt et al.   NATURE

Neoarchean deep marine paleotemperature: Evidence from turbidite successions

(2011) Philip Fralick et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

Neoarchean paleoweathering of tonalite and metabasalt: Implications for reconstructions of 2.69Ga early terrestrial ecosystems and paleoatmospheric chemistry

(2011) Steven G. Driese et al.   PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH

The solar photospheric abundance of carbon

(2010) E. Caffau et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

EXPLORING MASS LOSS, LOW-ZACCRETION, AND CONVECTIVE OVERSHOOT IN SOLAR MODELS TO MITIGATE THE SOLAR ABUNDANCE PROBLEM

(2010) Joyce Ann Guzik et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Can thin cirrus clouds in the tropics provide a solution to the faint young Sun paradox?

(2010) Roberto Rondanelli et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

The growth of the continental crust: Constraints from zircon Hf-isotope data

(2010) E.A. Belousova et al.   LITHOS

Phosphate oxygen isotopic evidence for a temperate and biologically active Archaean ocean

(2010) Ruth E. Blake et al.   NATURE

No climate paradox under the faint early Sun

(2010) Minik T. Rosing et al.   NATURE

Fractal Organic Hazes Provided an Ultraviolet Shield for Early Earth

(2010) E. T. Wolf et al.   SCIENCE

The Chemical Composition of the Sun

(2009) Martin Asplund et al.   Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Oxygen and hydrogen isotope evidence for a temperate climate 3.42 billion years ago

(2009) M. T. Hren et al.   NATURE

Microbial habitability of the Hadean Earth during the late heavy bombardment

(2009) Oleg Abramov et al.   NATURE

Nitrogen-enhanced greenhouse warming on early Earth

(2009) Colin Goldblatt et al.   Nature Geoscience

A Revised, Hazy Methane Greenhouse for the Archean Earth

(2008) Jacob D. Haqq-Misra et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

The photospheric solar oxygen project

(2008) E. Caffau et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

A case for late-Archaean continental emergence from thermal evolution models and hypsometry

(2008) Nicolas Flament et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Parallel adaptations to high temperatures in the Archaean eon

(2008) Bastien Boussau et al.   NATURE

Palaeotemperature trend for Precambrian life inferred from resurrected proteins

(2008) Eric A. Gaucher et al.   NATURE

Warming the early earth—CO2 reconsidered

(2008) Philip von Paris et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE