Research

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. I. 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]

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]

Constraints on interstellar sovereignty
J. Haqq-Misra (2024) Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, in press. [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.