terraformers
Planetary environment engineers
Terraformers are people or entities that terraform—transform a planet's environment to make it habitable for Earth life.
The term belongs almost entirely to science fiction, where terraformers might be engineers, colonists, or machines working to give Mars breathable air or liquid water: The terraformers had spent three generations warming the planet.
By extension, anyone radically reshaping an environment for human use.
Red planet, war deity
- red planetRust-hued celestial body
- Martian soilGround on the red planet
- regolithFragmented covering over bedrock
- ice capsFrozen masses covering poles
permafrost · dust storms · Olympus Mons · rovers · domes · NASA · SpaceX · colonists
Gaseous layer around planets
- biosphereAll life on Earth
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- geoengineeringIntentional large-scale environmental modification
- climatePrevailing atmospheric conditions
habitability · oxygenation · greenhouse · hydrology · topography · soil · regolith · flora
Those who establish homes
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- colonistsSettlers in new territory
- frontierEdge of settlement
- outpostsRemote settlements or bases
habitats · domes · settlements · expeditions · spacefaring · interplanetary · generations · founding
Automaton design field
- automationSelf-operating system design
- genetically modified organismsLifeforms with altered DNA
- extremophilesOrganisms surviving extreme conditions
- solar shadesLight-filtering window treatments
asteroid mining · nuclear reactors · solar panels · 3D printing · nanobots · drones · sensors · life support
Bioluminescent flying beetle
- speculativeBased on conjecture
- worldbuildersCreators of fictional universes
- science fictionSpeculative fiction with technological themes
- futurismStudy of tomorrow's possibilities
Mars
Red planet, war deity
- red planetRust-hued celestial body
- Martian soilGround on the red planet
- regolithFragmented covering over bedrock
ice caps · permafrost · dust storms · Olympus Mons · rovers · domes · NASA · SpaceX · colonists · settlers
atmosphere
Gaseous layer around planets
- biosphereAll life on Earth
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- geoengineeringIntentional large-scale environmental modification
climate · habitability · oxygenation · greenhouse · hydrology · topography · soil · regolith · flora · fauna
settlers
Those who establish homes
outposts · habitats · domes · settlements · expeditions · spacefaring · interplanetary · generations · founding · establishment
robotics
Automaton design field
- automationSelf-operating system design
- genetically modified organismsLifeforms with altered DNA
- extremophilesOrganisms surviving extreme conditions
solar shades · asteroid mining · nuclear reactors · solar panels · 3D printing · nanobots · drones · sensors · life support
Firefly
Bioluminescent flying beetle
- speculativeBased on conjecture
- worldbuildersCreators of fictional universes
- science fictionSpeculative fiction with technological themes
futurism · utopia · dystopia · megastructures
- offworldersMartians
- space inhabitantsaliens, astronauts, cosmonauts, Martians, station crew
terraformerspreservationists
Advocates for protecting historical sites
conservationists · environmentalists · rewilders · primitivists · Reds