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Dry ice lake suggests Mars once had a 'Dust Bowl'

Dry ice lake suggests Mars once had a 'Dust Bowl'

Think Mars today is a hostile place? It was worse 600,000 years ago, according to new research that suggests the planet had a dustier, stormier atmosphere. “It was an unpleasant place to hang out,” said lead researcher Roger Phillips of the Southwest Research Institute. He said Mars’ climate was probably a lot like the American Dust Bowl of the 1930s — but a lot worse.

 

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