Earth’s mid-life crisis: recipe for a habitable planet?

该项目旨在建立新元古代地球物理系统（气候、地形、地理、侵蚀、碳循环、氧循环）的状态和性质，使我们的星球适合复杂的生命。通过对这些系统进行综合分析，形成宜居行星的基本驱动因素和贡献将得以解开。预期的结果包括这一时期的第一个气候模型系列，以及物理系统本身的一系列数字重建。沉积矿床，如铜和钴，在一定程度上是由于侵蚀和气候的作用而形成的，这使我们能够为它们的形成提供机械驱动，从而进行勘探。

This project aims to establish the state and nature of the physical Earth systems (climate, topography, geography, erosion, carbon cycle, oxygen cycle) during the Neoproterozoic Era that made our planet habitable to complex life. By analysing these systems together, fundamental drivers and contributions to making a habitable planet will be untangled. Expected outcomes include the first ever series of climate models of this time period, as well a series of digital reconstructions of the physical systems themselves. Sedimentary hosted ore deposits, such as copper and cobalt, are formed partly as a function of erosion and climate, allowing us to provide a mechanistic driver to their formation, and consequently exploration.