Evidence Of Glaciers On Mars Suggests Recent Climate Activity 101
Last year, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured high-resolution images of the Red Planet which showed many mesas, valleys, and rock debris which appeared to be (geologically speaking) recent formations. A team of scientists from Brown University analyzed the photographs and found evidence that the terrain was carved by large glaciers much more recently than they thought possible. Climate activity on Mars was thought to have quieted over 3 billion years ago, but these glaciers would have been around within the last 10-100 million years.
"The finding could have implications for the life-on-Mars argument by strengthening the case for liquid water. Ice can melt two ways: by temperature or by pressure. As currently understood, the Martian climate is dominated by sublimation, the process by which solid substances are transformed directly to vapor. But ice packs can exert such strong pressure
at the base to produce liquid water, which makes the thickness of past glaciers on its surface so intriguing."
So that's where the Glaciers have gone... (Score:5, Funny)
It's an inconvenient truth...
So that's where all the glaciers have gone... (Score:0, Funny)
Who else could have caused global climate change?
It's an inconvenient truth...
Where was Al Gore when Mars needed him? (Score:3, Funny)
I blame the SUV's (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Where was Al Gore when Mars needed him? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Trolls are too fast (Score:4, Funny)
Re:next Mars probe lands on May 25, 2008 (Score:4, Funny)
How much do you want to bet that within the first week it will cut a fiber-optic line and cut part of the Martian backbone?
Re:global warming (Score:4, Funny)
Re:global warming (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Where was Al Gore when Mars needed him? (Score:3, Funny)
John McCain on the other hand, could have done something but instead accepted the claims of martian corporate lobbyists that evidence for martian climate change was inconclusive.
Re:Where was Al Gore when Mars needed him? (Score:2, Funny)