Mars glaciers found to be over 80% pure ice, study shows

[Hurricanelover]

Mars glaciers found to be over 80% pure ice, study shows

by Mikayla Mace Kelley, Planetary Science Institute

On the slopes of Martian mountains and craters clings what appears to be flowing honey, coated in dust and frozen in time. In reality, these features are incredibly slow-moving glaciers, and their contents were once thought to be mostly rock enveloped in some ice.

Work over the last 20 years has demonstrated that at least some of these glaciers are mostly pure ice with only a thin cover of rock and dust, but according to a new paper published in Icarus, glaciers all over the planet actually contain more than 80% water ice, a significant finding. Ultimately, this means that Mars's glacial ice deposits are nearly pure across the globe, providing a clearer understanding of Mars' climate history and a possible resource for future utilization.

The paper was led by Yuval Steinberg, a recent graduate of the Weizmann Institute of Science, based in Israel. The two co-authors, Oded Aharonson and Isaac Smith, are senior scientists at the Planetary Science Institute, based in Tucson, with faculty appointments at the Weizmann Institute of Science and York University, respectively.

Mars glaciers found to be over 80% pure ice, study shows

On the slopes of Martian mountains and craters clings what appears to be flowing honey, coated in dust and frozen in time. In reality, these features are incredibly slow-moving glaciers, and their contents were once thought to be mostly rock enveloped in some ice.

phys.org

A lot of water for colonies and possibly cities on mars!!!

 

[Dekster]

Mars glaciers found to be over 80% pure ice, study shows

by Mikayla Mace Kelley, Planetary Science Institute

Mars glaciers found to be over 80% pure ice, study shows

On the slopes of Martian mountains and craters clings what appears to be flowing honey, coated in dust and frozen in time. In reality, these features are incredibly slow-moving glaciers, and their contents were once thought to be mostly rock enveloped in some ice.

phys.org

A lot of water for colonies and possibly cities on mars!!!

Interesting but living on Mars would be like living in a neighborhood with the universe's most powerful HOA. I'd take a hard pass even if they were giving the homes away.

 

[Votto]

Mars glaciers found to be over 80% pure ice, study shows

by Mikayla Mace Kelley, Planetary Science Institute

Mars glaciers found to be over 80% pure ice, study shows

On the slopes of Martian mountains and craters clings what appears to be flowing honey, coated in dust and frozen in time. In reality, these features are incredibly slow-moving glaciers, and their contents were once thought to be mostly rock enveloped in some ice.

phys.org

A lot of water for colonies and possibly cities on mars!!!

It's not about the water, it's about the cosmic radiation.

The earth is protected from the radiation due to its magnetic shield, something Mars does not have.

If humans go there, they would have to immediately go underground to try and protect themselves from the radiation and stay there.

In other words, its a pipedream.

 

[The Duke]

Interesting but living on Mars would be like living in a neighborhood with the universe's most powerful HOA. I'd take a hard pass even if they were giving the homes away.

Your every breath depends on human error or not. Hard pass.
God made Earth for us to live.

 

[The Duke]

It's not about the water, it's about the cosmic radiation.

The earth is protected from the radiation due to its magnetic shield, something Mars does not have.

If humans go there, they would have to immediately go underground to try and protect themselves from the radiation and stay there.

In other words, its a pipedream.

Who's going to tell Elon?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Mars glaciers found to be over 80% pure ice, study shows

by Mikayla Mace Kelley, Planetary Science Institute

Mars glaciers found to be over 80% pure ice, study shows

On the slopes of Martian mountains and craters clings what appears to be flowing honey, coated in dust and frozen in time. In reality, these features are incredibly slow-moving glaciers, and their contents were once thought to be mostly rock enveloped in some ice.

phys.org

A lot of water for colonies and possibly cities on mars!!!

On Earth, our ice contains microplastics, aluminum, barium and strontium particles

 

[Votto]

Who's going to tell Elon?

Let Trump tell him. Trump has already pissed him off anyway so what the hey.

 

[The Duke]

On Earth, our ice contains microplastics, aluminum, barium and strontium particles

Not very much ice on earth does.