Posted on 03/05/2015 2:40:02 PM PST by BenLurkin
Taking into account the surface of Mars today, a likely location for this water would be in the Northern Plains, which has long been considered a good candidate because of the low-lying ground. An ancient ocean there would have covered about 20 percent of the planet's surface. By comparison, the Atlantic Ocean occupies 17 percent of Earth's surface.
"This ocean had a maximum depth of around 5,000 feet or around one mile deep," Villanueva said. "It's deep - not as deep as the deepest points of our oceans, but comparable to the average depth of the Mediterranean Sea."
By combining the Martian topography with the estimates of water loss, the researchers were able to simulate an ancient ocean on Mars and its escape into space.
As Mars lost its atmosphere over billions of years, the researchers believe it lost the pressure and heat needed to keep water liquid. That caused the ocean to shrink and recede northward, with the remaining water condensing and freezing over the north and south poles and giving Mars the ice caps seen today
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It’s the fault of capitalism.
(So THATS why so illegal immigrants are coming here from afar)
I believe in global warming, too.
I predict that anyone who has the ability to terraform Mars can do whatever they want and if anyone complains hard enough they might end up receiving a hypersonic rock salute. It's pre-19th century out there in the Solar System right now.
You’re right. They will designate the entire planet of Mars an Inter-Galactic National Park that must be left “pristine” and untouched by man. Eventually they will launch a mission to remove all of our probes and landers and sweep out all the tracks from the rovers.
Well now, that explains the absence of gondoliers.............
Obviously Bush’s Fault.
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