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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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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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