Mars emerging from Ice Age, says study
The Red Planet is emerging from an Ice Age, according to radar images of Mars’ polar regions that are shedding new light on our neighbour's climate cycle, researchers said.
The ice began its retreat about 370,000 years ago, said the study in the journal Science , led by Isaac Smith, a postdoctoral researcher at Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado.
The findings are based on data collected by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been circling Mars for 10 years.
The research confirms previous models that found the glacial period ended about 400,000 years ago. It also deepens scientists' understanding of the climate shifts that happen on Mars, and how they differ from Earth.
The Red Planet is emerging from an Ice Age, according to radar images of Mars’ polar regions that are shedding new light on our neighbour's climate cycle, researchers said.
The ice began its retreat about 370,000 years ago, said the study in the journal Science , led by Isaac Smith, a postdoctoral researcher at Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado.
The findings are based on data collected by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been circling Mars for 10 years.
The research confirms previous models that found the glacial period ended about 400,000 years ago. It also deepens scientists' understanding of the climate shifts that happen on Mars, and how they differ from Earth.
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