"There is now new proof that not only was Mars a relatively warm and wet place in geologically recent times, but that even today there are vast reserves of water frozen beneath the planet's surface. As well as casting new insights into Mars' past, this discovery is also forcing …
Lakes on Mars
On Earth, lakes provide favorable environments for the development of life and its preservation as fossils. They are extremely sensitive to climate fluctuations and to conditions within their watersheds. As such, lakes are unique markers of the impact of environmental changes. P…
Searching for lakes on Mars : four decades of exploration / Nathalie A. Cabrol and Edmond A. Grin -- Acquisition and history of water on Mars / Michael H. Carr and James W. Head -- Hydrologic provinces of Mars : physiographic controls on drainage and ponding / Rene A. De Hon -- …
On Earth, lakes provide favorable environments for the development of life and its preservation as fossils. They are extremely sensitive to climate fluctuations and to conditions within their watersheds. As such, lakes are unique markers of the impact of environmental changes. P…
Humanity has long been fascinated by the planet Mars. Was its climate ever conducive to life? What is the atmosphere like today and why did it change so dramatically over time? Eleven spacecraft have successfully flown to Mars since the Viking mission of the 1970s and early 1980…
Humanity has long been fascinated by the planet Mars. Was its climate ever conducive to life? What is the atmosphere like today, and why did it change so dramatically over time? Twelve spacecraft have successfully flown to Mars since the Viking mission of the 1970s and early 198…
This volume reviews all aspects of Mars atmospheric science from the surface to space, and from now and into the past.