Oceans on ancient Mars may have got an assist from volcanoes
by Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times
Mar 20, 2018
2 minutes
The oceans that once covered Mars may have formed somewhere around 3.7 billion years ago, even earlier than previously thought, according to scientists at the University of California, Berkeley.
The findings, published in the journal Nature, highlight a potential link between the birth of Martian oceans and the rise and fall of its volcanic activity.
Billions of years ago, the Red Planet didn't look so
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