Introducing the Collection of Papers from the Second Workshop on Habitability of the Venus Cloud Layer and Related Research

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Herrick RR , Hensley S . Surface changes observed on a venusian volcano during the Magellan mission. Science, 2023; 379(6638):1205–1208; doi: 10.1126/science.abm7735.

Jiang CZ , Rimmer PB , Lozano GG , et al. Iron-sulfur chemistry can explain the ultraviolet absorber in the clouds of Venus. Sci Adv, 2024; 10(1): eadg8826; doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adg8826.

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