Scientists survive on a planet dominated by an alien fungal ecosystem where the food web operates on fundamentally different principles, testing whether Earth-based ecological models can comprehend non-Terran biology.
Models xenobiology: relevant to the search for life on Europa or Enceladus, the assumption that life elsewhere must follow Earth patterns, and ecological models for non-carbon or non-photosynthetic biospheres.
Domains: Climate and Environmental ChangeFirst Contact and Alien Civilizations
Scenario Types: Thought experiment / What-if
Outcomes: Ambiguous / Mixed
xenobiology · planet · terran