Water ice buried at Mars' equator is over 2 miles thick

[Admin]

The Mars Express orbiter has detected enough water ice buried beneath the Red Planet's equator to cover the entire planet in a shallow ocean if melted.

Water ice buried at Mars' equator is over 2 miles thick : Read more

 

[zluppen]

The Mars Express orbiter has detected enough water ice buried beneath the Red Planet's equator to cover the entire planet in a shallow ocean if melted.

Water ice buried at Mars' equator is over 2 miles thick : Read more

Hello! Would it be possible to send a link to the GRL paper? I would definitely love to read more about this!

 

[Seth York]

The Mars Express orbiter has detected enough water ice buried beneath the Red Planet's equator to cover the entire planet in a shallow ocean if melted.

Water ice buried at Mars' equator is over 2 miles thick : Read

Although its likely unfeasible right now. I would love to see an excavation of these huge buried ice deposits, if there was any life on mars, its possible we may find fossil evidence within it. Who knows how old these are, it may give us a glimpse of a pre dried up mars

 

[Gibsense]

Although its likely unfeasible right now. I would love to see an excavation of these huge buried ice deposits, if there was any life on mars, its possible we may find fossil evidence within it. Who knows how old these are, it may give us a glimpse of a pre dried up mars

So if we could create a Greenhouse Effect on Mars; say loads of dust in their upper atmosphere equivalent to a few hundred volcanoes ...... nah too irresponsible