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The word “terraforming” conjures up many exotic images and perhaps even wild emotions, but at its core it encapsulates the idea that worlds can be changed by direct human action.
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Beech, M. (2009). Introduction. In: Terraforming. Astronomers' Universe. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09796-1_2
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