Earth-Life coevolution

The emergence and preservation of life on Earth, along with the search for extraterrestrial life, are among the major scientific challenges of our society. The evolution of our planet over the last 4 billion years is the result of a synergistic interaction between life, rocks, and fluids: understanding their dynamics is essential to answer fundamental questions about habitability and to plan the science of the future. Earth-Life Coevolution integrates trans-disciplinary expertise, from the planetary to the microscopic scale, in geology, biology, and chemistry. The aim is to improve our understanding of the processes of mutual interaction between the evolution of our planet and life from current to past environments, and to serve as a model for the search for life and habitable conditions in the cosmos.