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ArticleNature communications2023

Phosphate availability and implications for life on ocean worlds.

Noah G Randolph-Flagg, Tucker Ely, Sanjoy M Som, Everett L Shock, Christopher R German, Tori M Hoehler

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Noah G Randolph-FlaggSpace Science and Astrobiology Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Mountain View, CA, USA. nrflagg@berkeley.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-7401-6636
Tucker ElyNASA Postdoctoral Program, Universities Space Research Association, Columbia, MD, USA.
Sanjoy M SomSpace Science and Astrobiology Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Mountain View, CA, USA.
Everett L ShockSchool of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Christopher R GermanDept. Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole, Falmouth, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3417-6413
Tori M HoehlerSpace Science and Astrobiology Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Mountain View, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3969-5642

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several moons in the outer solar system host liquid water oceans. A key next step in assessing the habitability of these ocean worlds is to determine whether life's elemental and energy requirements are also met. Phosphorus is required by all known life and is often limited to biological productivity in Earth's oceans. This raises the possibility that its availability may limit the abundance or productivity of Earth-like life on ocean worlds. To address this potential problem, here we calculate the equilibrium dissolved phosphate concentrations associated with the reaction of water and rocks-a key driver of ocean chemical evolution-across a broad range of compositional inputs and reaction conditions. Equilibrium dissolved phosphate concentrations range from 10

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PhosphatesPhosphorusEarth, PlanetOceans and SeasWaterPhosphatesPhosphorusWater

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PMID37185347
PMCPMC10130162

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