Many projects and numerical methods cut across the theme boundaries. PHAB also embraces other projects, not directly funded through the Centre of Excellence scheme of the Research Council of Norway (RCN), but through individual grants from RCN or European funding agencies.
Projects/grants (and leader) continuing after 2023 are listed as ‘linked projects’ under the appropriate PHAB theme.
Theme 1: Planets and the Early Earth
- Timelines (Torsvik, Werner)
- Planet Formation (Werner, Torsvik)
- Atmosphere Evolution (Werner, Jahren)
- Early Oceans (Conrad, Werner)
- Magnetic Fields (Torsvik, Gaina)
- Tectonic Regimes & Interior (Gaina, Conrad)
- Snowball Earths & Tipping Points (Torsvik, Werner)
- Conditions for Early Life (Liow, Werner)
Linked projects:
HIDDEN (Caracas), BOULDERING (Prieur)
Theme 2: The modern Earth
- Plate Tectonics & Paleogeography (Gaina, Torsvik)
- Volatile Cycles (Conrad, Gaina)
- Paleoclimate Proxies (Jahren, Torsvik)
- Paleoclimate Models (Torsvik, Gaina)
- Drivers of Biodiversity (Liow, Jahren)
Linked projects:
EPIC (Domeier), PANDA (van der Boon), DYPOLE (Gaina), MAPLES (Callegaro), ANIMA (Kiraly), POLARIS (Shephard), 4D Dynamic Earth (Conrad)
Theme 3: Exo-Earths
- Observational Constraints (Werner, Conrad)
- Exo-Planet Formation (Werner, Conrad)
- Exo-Planet Structure (Conrad, Werner)
- Exo-Planet Evolution (Werner, Torsvik)
- Fate of Habitable Planets (Torsvik, Conrad)