terraforming
Speech parts
1. terraforming - Noun
2. terraforming - Verb
Meaning
terraforming
present participle of terraform
English Wikipedia has an article on:terraformingWikipedia
terraforming (uncountable)
The hypothetical process of deliberately modifying the atmosphere, temperature, surface topography or ecology of a planet, moon, etc. to make it similar to those of Earth and thus suitable for human life.
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A long time ago humans talked of terraforming Mars and Venus, but we never did it. Just too busy blowing ourselves up, I guess, ever to get round to it.
A voice intrudes into the player's dreams and soon waking moments, threatening more attacks if the industrial pollution and terraforming by the colonists is not reversed.
As a result, terraforming Mars is not possible using present-day technology,” Bruce Jakosky of the University of Colorado, Boulder, lead author of the study, said in the statement.
Aspects and definitions Beginning in 1985, Martyn J. Fogg began publishing several articles on terraforming.
If initially lifeless, then such a world could host a biosphere of considerable complexity without the need for terraforming.
Economic issues The initial cost of such projects as planetary terraforming would be gargantuan, and the infrastructure of such an enterprise would have to be built from scratch.