Research
Projections of Earth's technosphere: Luminosity and mass as limits to growth
J. Haqq-Misra, C. Vidal, and G. Profitiliotis (2024) Acta Astronautica, in review. [arXiv]
Escaping the Great Filter: The Future of Civilization and the Search for Technosignatures
J. Haqq-Misra (2024) in (Toward) Discovery of Life Beyond Earth & its Impact, Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 387, H. Landt, M. Dominik, and C. Oliver (Eds.), Cambridge University Press, in press.
The Great Filter – Is it just a matter of time?
R.J. Wilman, A.E. Nicholson, and J. Haqq-Misra (2024) in (Toward) Discovery of Life Beyond Earth & its Impact, Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 387, H. Landt, M. Dominik, and C. Oliver (Eds.), Cambridge University Press, in press.
Projections of Earth's technosphere: Scenario modeling, worldbuilding, and overview of remotely detectable technosignatures
J. Haqq-Misra, G. Profitiliotis, and R.K. Kopparapu (2024) Technological Forecasting and Social Change, in review. [arXiv]
Constraints on interstellar sovereignty
J. Haqq-Misra (2024) Journal of the British Interplanetary Society 77: 167-174. [arXiv]
The challenge of detecting remote spectroscopic signatures from radionuclides
J. Haqq-Misra, V. Kofman, and R.K. Kopparapu (2024) The Astrophysical Journal 973: 161. [arXiv]
A model for economic freedom on Mars
J. Haqq-Misra (2024) Space Policy, available online. [arXiv] [SSRN]
The CUISINES framework for conducting exoplanet model intercomparison projects, version 1.0
L.E. Sohl, T.J. Fauchez, S. Domagal-Goldman, D.A. Christie, R. Dietrick, J. Haqq-Misra, C.E. Harman, N. Iro, N.J. Mayne, K. Tsigaridis, G.L. Villanueva, A.V. Young, and G. Chaverot (2024) The Planetary Science Journal 5: 175. [arXiv]
A roadmap for the atmospheric characterization of terrestrial exoplanets with JWST
J. de Wit, R. Doyon, B.V. Rackham, O. Lim, E. Ducrot, L. Kreidberg, ..., J. Haqq-Misra, ..., et al. (2024) Nature Astronomy 8: 810-818. [arXiv]
Technosignatures and Astrobiology
J. Haqq-Misra (2024) Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Planetary Science, Oxford University Press.
Artificial greenhouse gases as exoplanet technosignatures
E. W. Schwieterman, T. J. Fauchez, J. Haqq-Misra, R. K.. Kopparapu, D. Angerhausen, D. Pidhorodetska, M. Leung, E. L. Sneed, and E. Ducrot (2024) The Astrophysical Journal 969: 20. [arXiv]
Interpolation and synthesis of sparse samples in exoplanet atmospheric modeling
J. Haqq-Misra, E.T. Wolf, T.J. Fauchez, and R.K. Kopparapu (2024) The Planetary Science Journal 5: 140. [arXiv]
Detectability of solar panels as a technosignature
R.K. Kopparapu, V. Kofman, J. Haqq-Misra, V. Kopparapu, and M. Lingam (2024) The Astrophysical Journal 967: 119. [arXiv]
Astroecology: Bridging the gap between ecology and astrobiology
J. C. Meurer, J. Haqq-Misra, and M. Mendonça Jr. (2024) International Journal of Astrobiology 23: e3.
The future of space activities and preservation on Mars: A preliminary policy Delphi study
G. Profitiliotis and J. Haqq-Misra (2023) Advances in Space Research 72: 1349-1377. [arXiv]
Functionality of Ice Line Latitudinal EBM Tenacity (FILLET). Protocol version 1.0. A CUISINES intercomparison project
R. Deitrick, J. Haqq-Misra, S. Kadoya, R. Ramirez, P. Simonetti, R. Barnes, and T.J. Fauchez (2023) The Planetary Science Journal 4: 39. [arXiv]
Technosignatures: Frameworks for their assessment
M. Lingam, J. Haqq-Misra, J.T. Wright, M.J. Huston, A. Frank, and R.K. Kopparapu (2023) The Astrophysical Journal 943: 27.
The Sparse Atmospheric MOdel Sampling Analysis (SAMOSA) intercomparison: Motivations and protocol version 1.0. A CUISINES model intercomparison project
J. Haqq-Misra, E.T. Wolf, T.J. Fauchez, A.L. Shields, and R.K. Kopparapu (2022) The Planetary Science Journal 3: 260. [arXiv]
Galactic settlement of low-mass stars as a resolution to the Fermi paradox
J. Haqq-Misra and T.J. Fauchez (2022) The Astronomical Journal 164: 247. [arXiv]
The TRAPPIST-1 Habitable Atmosphere Intercomparison (THAI). Part I: Dry cases - The fellowship of the GCMs
M. Turbet, T.J. Fauchez, D.E. Sergeev, I.A. Boutle, K. Tsigaridis, M.J. Way, E.T. Wolf, S.D. Domagal-Goldman, F. Forget, J. Haqq-Misra, R.K. Kopparapu, F.H. Lambert, J. Manners, N.J. Mayne, and L. Sohl (2022) The Planetary Science Journal 3: 211. [arXiv]
The TRAPPIST-1 Habitable Atmosphere Intercomparison (THAI). Part II: Moist cases - The two waterworlds
D.E. Sergeev, T.J. Fauchez, M. Turbet, I.A. Boutle, K. Tsigaridis, M.J. Way, E.T. Wolf, S.D. Domagal-Goldman, F. Forget, J. Haqq-Misra, R.K. Kopparapu, F.H. Lambert, J. Manners, and N.J. Mayne (2022) The Planetary Science Journal 3: 212. [arXiv]
The TRAPPIST-1 Habitable Atmosphere Intercomparison (THAI). Part III: Simulated observables - The return of the spectrum
T.J. Fauchez, G.L. Villanueva D.E. Sergeev, M. Turbet, I.A. Boutle, K. Tsigaridis, M.J. Way, E.T. Wolf, S.D. Domagal-Goldman, F. Forget, J. Haqq-Misra, R.K. Kopparapu, J. Manners, and N.J. Mayne (2022) The Planetary Science Journal 3: 213. [arXiv]
Future of life in the solar system and beyond
J. Haqq-Misra, K. Gustafson, S. Tiwari, A.M. Yazıcı, G. Profitiliotis, J. Carneiro, and R. Herts (2022) in New Frontiers in Astrobiology, R. Thombre and P. Vaishampayan (Eds.), Elsevier, pp 255-283.
Searching for technosignatures in exoplanetary systems with current and future missions
J. Haqq-Misra, E.W. Schwieterman, H. Socas-Navarro, R. Kopparapu, D. Angerhausen, T.G. Beatty, S. Berdyugina, R. Felton, S. Sharma, G.G. de la Torre, D. Apai, and the TechnoClimes 2020 workshop participants (2022) Acta Astronautica 198: 194-207. [arXiv]
Disruption of a planetary nitrogen cycle as evidence of extraterrestrial agriculture
J. Haqq-Misra, T.J. Fauchez, E.W. Schwieterman, and R. Kopparapu (2022) The Astrophysical Journal Letters 929: L28. [arXiv]
The habitable zones of rapidly rotating main sequence A/F stars
J.P. Ahlers, E.F. Fromont, R. Kopparappu, P. Wilson Cauley, and J. Haqq-Misra (2022) The Astrophysical Journal 928: 35. [arXiv]
Predictions and possible solutions for the sustainability of Mars settlement
A.M. Yazıcı and J. Haqq-Misra (2022) Studia Humana 11: 22-31.
The case for technosignatures: Why they may be abundant, long-lived, highly detectable, and unambiguous
J.T. Wright, J. Haqq-Misra, A. Frank, R. Kopparapu, M. Lingam, and S.Z. Sheikh (2022) The Astrophysical Journal Letters 927: L30. [arXiv]
Detectability of chlorofluorocarbons in the atmospheres of habitable M-dwarf planets
J. Haqq-Misra, R. Kopparapu, T.J. Fauchez, A. Frank, J.T. Wright, and M. Lingam (2022) The Planetary Science Journal 3: 60. [arXiv]
An energy balance model for rapidly and synchronously rotating terrestrial planets
J. Haqq-Misra and B.P.C. Hayworth (2022) The Planetary Science Journal 3: 32. [arXiv]
ExoCAM: A 3D climate model for exoplanet atmospheres
E.T. Wolf, R.K. Kopparapu, J. Haqq-Misra, and T.J. Fauchez (2022) The Planetary Science Journal 3: 7. [arXiv]
Triggering a climate change dominated "Anthropocene": Is it common among exocivilizations?
E. Savitch, A. Frank, J. Carroll-Nellenback, J. Haqq-Misra, A. Kleidon, and M. Alberti (2021) The Astronomical Journal 162: 196. [arXiv]
Effects of spin-orbit resonances and tidal heating on the inner edge of the habitable zone
C.M. Colose, J. Haqq-Misra, E.T. Wolf, A.D. Del Genio, R. Barnes, M.J. Way, and R. Ruedy (2021) The Astrophysical Journal 921: 25. [arXiv]
Habitability models for astrobiology
A. Méndez, E.G. Rivera-Valentín, D. Schulze-Makuch, J. Filiberto, R. Ramírez, T.E. Wood, ..., J. Haqq-Misra (2021) Astrobiology 21: 1017-1027. [arXiv]
TRAPPIST Habitable Atmosphere Intercomparison (THAI) workshop report
T.J. Fauchez, M. Turbet, D.E. Sergeev, N.J. Mayne, A. Spiga, L. Sohl, ..., J. Haqq-Misra, ..., et al. (2021) The Planetary Science Journal 2: 106. [arXiv]
Concepts for future missions to search for technosignatures
H. Socas-Navarro, J. Haqq-Misra, J.T. Wright, R. Kopparapu, J. Benford, R. Davis, and the TechnoClimes 2020 workshop participants (2021) Acta Astronautica 182: 446-453. [arXiv]
Nitrogen dioxide pollution as a signature of extraterrestrial technology
R.K. Kopparapu, G. Arney, J. Haqq-Misra, J. Lustig-Yaeger, and G. Villanueva (2021) The Astrophysical Journal 908: 164. [arXiv]
The resilience of habitable climates around circumbinary stars
E.T. Wolf, J. Haqq-Misra, R.K. Kopparapu, T. Fauchez, W.F. Welsh, S.R. Kane, V. Kostov, and S. Eggl (2020) Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets 125: e2020JE006576. [arXiv]
Observational constraints on the Great Filter
J. Haqq-Misra, R.K. Kopparapu, and E. Schwieterman (2020) Astrobiology 20: 572-579. [arXiv]
TOI-1338: TESS' first transiting circumbinary planet
V.B. Kostov, J.A. Orosz, A.D. Feinstein, W.F. Welsh, W. Cukier, N.Naghighipour, ..., J. Haqq-Misra, ..., et al. (2020) The Astronomical Journal 159: 253. [arXiv]
Warming early Mars with climate cycling: The effect of CO2-H2 collision-induced absorption
B. Hayworth, R.K. Kopparapu, J. Haqq-Misra, N. Batalha, R. Payne, B. Foley, M. Ikwut-Ukwa, and J. Kasting (2020) Icarus 345: 113770. [arXiv]
Funding the search for extraterrestrial intelligence with a lottery bond
J. Haqq-Misra (2020) Space Policy 51: 101230. [arXiv]
Absolute prioritization of planetary protection, safety, and avoiding imperialism in all future science missions: A policy perspective
M. Vidaurri, A. Wofford, J. Brande, G. Black-Planas, S. Domagal-Goldman, and J. Haqq-Misra (2020) Space Policy 51: 101345. [arXiv]
Visions of a martian future
K. Szocik, S. Abood, C. Impey, M. Shelhamer. J. Haqq-Misra, E. Persson, L. Oviedo, K.A. Capova, M. Braddock, M.B. Rappaport, C. Corbally (2020) Futures 117: 102514.
Constraining the magnitude of climate extremes from time-varying instellation on a circumbinary terrestrial planet
J. Haqq-Misra, E.T. Wolf, W. Welsh, R.K. Kopparapu, V. Kostov, and S. Kane (2019) Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets 124: 3231-3243. [arXiv]
Habitable zone boundaries for circumbinary planets
W. Cukier, R.K. Kopparapu, S. Kane, W. Welsh, E.T. Wolf, V. Kostov and J. Haqq-Misra (2019) Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 131: 124402. [arXiv]
Does the evolution of complex life depend on the stellar spectral energy distribution?
J. Haqq-Misra (2019) Astrobiology 19: 1292-1299. [arXiv]
Simulated phase dependent spectra of terrestrial aquaplanets in M-dwarf systems
E.T. Wolf, R.K. Kopparapu and J. Haqq-Misra (2019) The Astrophysical Journal 877: 35. [arXiv]
Can deep altruism sustain space settlement?
J. Haqq-Misra (2019) in The Human Factor in a Mission to Mars: An Interdisciplinary Approach, K. Szocik (Ed.), Springer, pp 145-155. [arXiv]
Introduction: Detectability of future Earth
J. Haqq-Misra (2019) Futures 106: 1-3. [arXiv]
Population growth, energy use, and the implications for the search for extraterrestrial intelligence
B. Mullan and J. Haqq-Misra (2019) Futures 106: 4-17. [arXiv]
A trip to the moon might constrain the Fermi paradox
S. Simons and J. Haqq-Misra (2019) Futures 106: 24-32.
Policy options for the radio detectability of Earth
J. Haqq-Misra (2019) Futures 106: 33-36. [arXiv]
Evaluating climate sensitivity to CO2 across Earth's history
E.T. Wolf, J. Haqq-Misra and O.B. Toon (2018) Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres 123: 11861-11874.
Is climate change morally good from non-anthropocentric perspectives?
T. Svoboda and J. Haqq-Misra (2018) Ethics, Policy and Environment 21: 215-228.
Exploring exomoon atmospheres with an idealized general circulation model
J. Haqq-Misra and R. Heller (2018) Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 479: 3477-3489. [arXiv]
Reply to Shaw
N.E. Batalha, R.K. Kopparapu, J. Haqq-Misra and J.F. Kasting (2018) Earth and Planetary Science Letters 484: 415-417.
Demarcating circulation regimes of synchronously rotating terrestrial planets within the habitable zone
J. Haqq-Misra, E.T. Wolf, M. Joshi, X. Zhang and R.K. Kopparapu (2018) The Astrophysical Journal 852: 67. [arXiv]
The Drake equation as a function of spectral type and time
J. Haqq-Misra and R.K. Kopparapu (2018) in Habitability of the Universe Before Earth, R. Gordon and A. Sharov (Eds.), Elsevier, pp 307-319. [arXiv]
Why do we find ourselves around a yellow star instead of a red star?
J. Haqq-Misra, R.K. Kopparapu and E.T. Wolf (2018) International Journal of Astrobiology 17, 77-86. [arXiv]
Habitable moist atmospheres on terrestrial planets near the inner edge of the habitable zone around M-dwarfs
R.K. Kopparapu, E.T. Wolf, G. Arney, N. Batalha, J. Haqq-Misra, S.L. Grimm and K. Heng (2017) The Astrophysical Journal 845: 5. [arXiv]
Constraints on climate and habitability for Earth-like exoplanets determined from a general circulation model
E.T. Wolf, A.L. Shields, R.K. Kopparapu, J. Haqq-Misra and O.B. Toon (2017) The Astrophysical Journal 837: 107. [arXiv]
Climate cycling on early Mars caused by the carbonate-silicate cycle
N.E. Batalha, R.K. Kopparapu, J. Haqq-Misra and J.F. Kasting (2016) Earth and Planetary Science Letters 455: 7-13. [arXiv]
Limit cycles can reduce the width of the habitable zone
J. Haqq-Misra, R.K. Kopparapu, N.E. Batalha, C.E. Harman and J.F. Kasting (2016) The Astrophysical Journal 827: 120. [arXiv]
A pragmatic approach to sovereignty on Mars
S. Bruhns and J. Haqq-Misra (2016) Space Policy 38: 57-63. [arXiv]
The transformative value of liberating Mars
J. Haqq-Misra (2016) New Space 4: 64-67. [arXiv]
The inner edge of the habitable zone for synchronously rotating planets around low-mass stars using general circulation models
R.K. Kopparapu, E.T. Wolf, J. Haqq-Misra, J. Yang, J.F. Kasting, V. Meadows, R. Terrien and S. Mahadevan (2016) The Astrophysical Journal 819: 84. [arXiv]
Should we geoengineer larger ice caps?
J. Haqq-Misra (2015) Futures 72: 80-85. [arXiv]
Isolated refuges for surviving global catastrophes
S.D. Baum, D.C. Denkenberger and J. Haqq-Misra (2015) Futures 72: 45-56.
Toward a sustainable land use policy for Mars
J. Haqq-Misra (2015) in Human Governance Beyond Earth: Implications for Freedom, C. Cockell (Ed.), Springer, pp 43-50.
Geothermal heating enhances atmospheric asymmetries on synchronously rotating planets
J. Haqq-Misra and R.K. Kopparapu (2015) Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 446: 428-438. [arXiv]
Damping of glacial-interglacial cycles from anthropogenic forcing
J. Haqq-Misra (2014) Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 6: 950-955. [arXiv]
Double catastrophe: Intermittent stratospheric geoengineering induced by societal collapse
S.D. Baum, T.M. Maher and J. Haqq-Misra (2013) Environment Systems & Decisions 33: 168-180.
The benefits and harms of transmitting into space
J. Haqq-Misra, M.W. Busch, S.M. Som and S.D. Baum (2013) Space Policy 29: 40-48. [arXiv]
An ecological compass for planetary engineering
J. Haqq-Misra (2012) Astrobiology 12: 985-997.
Towards integrated ethical and scientific analysis of geoengineering: A research agenda
N. Tuana, R. Sriver, T. Svoboda, R. Olson, P.J. Irvine, J. Haqq-Misra and K. Keller (2012) Ethics, Policy and Environment 15: 136-157.
Climate change: Evidence of human causes and arguments for emissions reduction
S.D. Baum, J.D. Haqq-Misra and C. Karmosky (2012) Science and Engineering Ethics 18: 393-410.
Reduced albedo on early Mars does not solve the climate paradox under a faint young Sun
A.G. Fairén, J.D. Haqq-Misra and C.P. McKay (2012) Astronomy & Astrophysics 540: A13.
On the likelihood of non-terrestrial artifacts in the solar system
J. Haqq-Misra and R.K. Kopparapu (2012) Acta Astronautica 72: 15-20. [arXiv]
Tropopause structure and the role of eddies
J. Haqq-Misra, S. Lee and D.M.W. Frierson (2011) Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 68: 2930-2944.
Cold glacial oceans would have inhibited phyllosilicate sedimentation on early Mars
A.G. Fairén, A.F. Davila, L. Gago-Duport, J.D. Haqq-Misra, C. Gil, C.P. McKay and J.F. Kasting (2011) Nature Geoscience 4: 667-670.
A protocol for messaging to extraterrestrial intelligence
D. Atri, J. DeMarines and J. Haqq-Misra (2011) Space Policy 27: 165-169. [arXiv]
Availability of O2 and H2O2 on pre-photosynthetic Earth
J. Haqq-Misra, J.F. Kasting and S. Lee (2011) Astrobiology 11: 293-302.
Would contact with extraterrestrials benefit or harm humanity? A scenario analysis
S.D. Baum, J.D. Haqq-Misra and S.D. Domagal-Goldman (2011) Acta Astronautica 68: 2114-2129. [arXiv]
Photochemical and climate consequences of sulfur outgassing on early Mars
F. Tian, M.W. Claire, J.D. Haqq-Misra, M. Smith, D.C. Crisp, D. Catling, K. Zahnle and J.F. Kasting (2010) Earth and Planetary Science Letters 295: 412-418.
The sustainability solution to the Fermi paradox
J.D. Haqq-Misra and S.D. Baum (2009) Journal of the British Interplanetary Society 62: 47-51. [arXiv]
A revised, hazy methane greenhouse for the Archean Earth
J.D. Haqq-Misra, S.D. Domagal-Goldman, P.J. Kasting and J.F. Kasting (2008) Astrobiology 8: 1127-1137.
Comparison of synthetic aperture radar derived wind speeds with buoy wind speeds along the mountainous Alaskan coast
C.M. Fisher, G.S. Young, N.S. Winstead and J.D. Haqq-Misra (2008) Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology 47: 1365-1376.