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A new Martian climate model suggest a mostly cold, harsh environment

A new Martian climate model suggest a mostly cold, harsh environment

“Very early in Mars’ history, maybe 4 billion years ago, the planet was warm enough to support lakes and river networks,” Kite told Ars. “There were seas, and some of those seas were as big as the Caspian Sea, maybe bigger. It was a wet place.” This wet period, though, didn’t last long—it was too short to make the landscape …

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