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Re: Climate models used to explain formation of Mars valley networks

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On 10/13/2015 06:14 PM, reber g=emc^2 wrote:
> On Monday, October 12, 2015 at 7:28:52 PM UTC-7, Sam Wormley wrote:
>> Climate models used to explain formation of Mars valley networks
>>> http://phys.org/news/2015-10-climate-formation-mars-valley-networks.html
>>
>>> The extensive valley networks on the surface of Mars were probably
>>> created by running water billions of years ago, but the source of
>>> that water is unknown. Now, a team of Penn State and NASA researchers
>>> is using climate models to predict how greenhouse warming could be
>>> the source of the water.
>>>
>>> "Everyone is looking for life on Mars, and if Mars was habitable
>>> early on as indicated by flowing water, then the chances of there
>>> being some sort of life there now goes up," said Natasha Batalha,
>>> graduate student in astronomy and astrophysics, Penn State. "Our work
>>> involves using models to best estimate what was happening on the
>>> surface of Mars 3.8 billion years ago."
>>>
>>> Previous studies analyzing craters support the idea of flowing water
>>> on early Mars but still unknown is how surface warming occurred to
>>> melt that water and how much water was really there.
>>>
>>> "If we compare some of these valleys on Mars to what we know on
>>> Earth, for example the Colorado River, then they look to be the same
>>> width," said James Kasting, Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences, Penn
>>> State. "We know how much water it took to carve the Grand Canyon
>>> based on five to six million years of rainfall, which is estimated to
>>> be about three to six million feet (of rainfall)."
>>
>>
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> Mars with less than 1% of Earth's atmosphere has to tell you something #1 no rain #2 no blocking out harmful photons and particles.#3 Its cold.#4 Its dry #5 its sand and dust. Its much like our moon and Mercury  TreBert PS the word climate does not fit well.
>
Herb, Mars atmosphere is 95.32% CO2 and that much "warming" makes Mars 
an oven just like venus (with 96.5% CO2) where lead is molten. Oh ya!
Sam, will tell you I am right in my thinking on this.


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Climate models used to explain formation of Mars valley networks Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-12 21:28 -0500
  Re: Climate models used to explain formation of Mars valley networks gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-10-12 21:52 -0500
  Re: Climate models used to explain formation of Mars valley networks jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-13 02:57 +0000
    Re: Climate models used to explain formation of Mars valley networks Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-13 22:30 -0500
      Re: Climate models used to explain formation of Mars valley networks jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-14 05:12 +0000
        Re: Climate models used to explain formation of Mars valley networks Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-14 07:28 -0500
          Re: Climate models used to explain formation of Mars valley networks jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-14 17:09 +0000
            Re: Climate models used to explain formation of Mars valley networks Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-14 14:06 -0500
              Re: Climate models used to explain formation of Mars valley networks jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-14 19:28 +0000
                Re: Climate models used to explain formation of Mars valley networks Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-14 14:42 -0500
                Re: Climate models used to explain formation of Mars valley networks jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-14 19:49 +0000
  Re: Climate models used to explain formation of Mars valley networks "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-10-13 15:14 -0700
    Re: Climate models used to explain formation of Mars valley networks benj <none@gmail.com> - 2015-10-13 18:28 -0400
  Re: Climate models used to explain formation of Mars valley networks "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-10-14 16:29 -0700
    Re: Climate models used to explain formation of Mars valley networks HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2015-10-15 07:59 -0700
      Re: Climate models used to explain formation of Mars valley networks "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2015-10-15 13:13 -0700

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