Study suggests warmth, flowing water on early Mars were episodic
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 11:00
in Earth & Climate
Ample evidence of ancient rivers, streams, and lakes make it clear that Mars was at some point warm enough for liquid water to flow on its surface. While that may conjure up images of a tropical Martian paradise, new research published today in Nature Geoscience throws a bit of cold water on that notion.